Racking and air contamination

No, but have you considered getting a smaller carboy? Home wine shops have them in various sizes, and some combination of that plus smaller bottles/jugs will allow you to keep the wine topped up so that it doesn't spoil.

Tom S

Heck, will it?

I have been topping up with wine.

Do you have any good books on winemaking,

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I have CJJ Berry's First Steps in Winemaking.

Don't recall why, but this is supposed to be a very bad idea.

I heard someone was dooing that with a good bottle of

As long as the wines complement each other and they are both stable, you should be fine IMO.

Phew!

:-)

It's a start

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