I started tomato wine and have question , started at 1.085 with hydrometer as per recipe it has to let ferment 5 to 6 day or at 1.030 then rack, it seems like it quit fermenting it has been about 8 days my hydrometer reading is about 990 not sure what to do.
Thanks
Rack it & let it clear. .990 is quite dry, it's unlikely to go any lower. Steve
I don't know why my address is on the Group, since I did not write to anyone and don't know which recipe you are talking about. However, I can help with your questions since I am a winemaker, too.
Your wine is finished fermenting. This is what I would do, but I would encourage you to follow the recipe because I have never made Tomato Wine:
- wait until the wine settles and starts clearing (should be no longer than 3 weeks), then rack it off the gross lees;
- at this point I would add sulfite and move it to a cooler place (in the 15-18C range) and let it sit another 8-10 weeks;
- rack it again, sulfite if necessary (don't over sulfite), and let it sit another 3-4 months. Then, taste it and make whatever adjustments necessary. If you add anything, rest it 2 weeks before bottling.
Make sure that, throughout the whole ageing/clearing process there is NO airspace in your containers.
Best of luck.
- gA
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