Marty's Wine - Vitners Craft - Pino Grigio/Chardonnay Blend - 6L - 4 Week - November 20, 2025

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These kits were purchased at Costco. First thought was 2 different kits. Nope, a blend of the two.

Yeast Pitched at 12 pm on Thursday, November 20.

As usual I am having trouble stabilizing the temperature. Heater off until I get to 74F. I have
settled for a temp of 72F as it seems easier to do rather than lower or higher.
Checked it on Nov. 29. No activity. Hope the gravity is down where it should be. Not sure if I
should check it or just leave it. I guess I will wait and if high, add some yeast energizer to
get it going again. This wine should have temp control but can't do it in the basement cause
it is way too cold.

                                        CHECK INSTRUCTIONS ON DAY 14

Gravity on Dec. 4 - .993 - Same as the red, hmmm...
Dec. 5 - Added Chitosan
Dec. 16 - Rack to a carboy and add 1.5 g of Potassium Metabisulphate to wine. Go ahead and
                filter and bottle it. Don't do both red and white on the same day, too much mess.
                You need to buy an extra bottle of RO water for rinsing the filter and mixing the
                wine chemicals for the filter. Letting these 2 wines sit for awhile longer. Busy until
                the 19th, so, anytime from Dec. 20 onward. 

                                            BOTTLED ON DEC. 22

Having no bottling wand was an issue. Please buy one very soon. I only got 24 bottles. 
I need to do something about that. Either make a 25 L batch, or top up what I lose in
the transfer.

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