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jema Downsizer Moderator
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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cab
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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cab
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jema wrote: |
I have started farming out storage to my parents garage. I have not hit the limit here, unless I think of somewhere else to stash it.
Not sure on how to bulk store really. Would say demi-jons really save that much space?
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You get a different sort of ageing in bulk. I like to give a 'finished' wine at least three or four months in the demijon before bottling, it seems to mellow the wine out nicely, and it means that any further sediment (there is ALWAYS more to sediment out) can be lost that way. At this time of year I take advantage of the cold weather to put a 'finished' wine, still in the demi-jon, into the coldest part of the house to make it sediment faster (a lot of the harsher acids simply crash out if you do that - not a problem with most wines, but a lot of fruit wines do benefit from it).
But in terms of the space saving, a demi-jon can be bunged on any shelf, in any cupboard, and it seems to save a lot of space over six individual bottles. I bottle when I think I might need some more wine in a month or two. |
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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