went to the vineyard yesterday bought my 5 gallon car boys of different > juices.
> came home and was supposed to put in 1/4 tsp of metabus...per 5 gallon and > let
> sit over night before adding yeast. dont know what i was thinking but i put > in
> 1/4 tsp per gallon, so that is 4 times the amount!!! what now? is my wine
> ruined or just very sterile?
I don't think anything is ruined. You have a lot of sulfite, but I know others who have added 10+ times too much and eventually got fermentation going. Since the sulfite will react with oxygen you can lower the levels by pouring your juice back and forth between buckets a few times to aerate it well. You should be ok.