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

"Pino" > wrote in message
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> 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

"Lum Eisenman" > wrote in message
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>
> "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!