Bottling temperature
 

Hello

At this time of year my wine cellar is very cold. (5C/42F) Is this too cold
to bottle. Should I move the DJ out and let it warm up before bottling.

Or can I just leave a little more ullage so that I don't overfill the
bottles?

thanks

Joe

Bottling temperature
 

"Pino" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hello
>
> At this time of year my wine cellar is very cold. (5C/42F) Is this too
cold
> to bottle. Should I move the DJ out and let it warm up before bottling.
>
> Or can I just leave a little more ullage so that I don't overfill the
> bottles?
>
> thanks
>
> Joe

Hi Joe,
I would move the wine into a warm room and let it warm up to about 70
degrees before bottling. Bottling always introduces a lot of oxygen into
the wine and cold wine can hold almost twice as much oxygen as 70 degree
wine.
Good luck,
Lum
Del Mar, California, USA

Bottling temperature
 

"Lum Eisenman" > wrote in message
. com...
>
> "Pino" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Hello
>>
>> At this time of year my wine cellar is very cold. (5C/42F) Is this too
> cold
>> to bottle. Should I move the DJ out and let it warm up before bottling.
>>
>> Or can I just leave a little more ullage so that I don't overfill the
>> bottles?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Joe
>
> Hi Joe,
> I would move the wine into a warm room and let it warm up to about 70
> degrees before bottling. Bottling always introduces a lot of oxygen into
> the wine and cold wine can hold almost twice as much oxygen as 70 degree
> wine.
> Good luck,
> Lum
> Del Mar, California, USA
>


Thanks Lum!