insideKENT Magazine Issue 64 - July 2017 | Seite 114

FOOD+DRINK
Cheese AND Wine cont.
RACK YOUR WINE
‘Racking’ means transferring the
fermenting wine away from sediment. To
begin racking, insert a clear, 2.5cm-
diameter plastic tube into the fermenter
and siphon the clear wine into another
sanitised jug. Once transferred, top it off
and fit it with a sanitised bung and
fermentation lock. Do this slowly and very
carefully – you don't want to stir up the
sediment, and equally you don't want to
lose the suction from your siphon.
BOTTLE YOUR BATCH
It’s normal to feel a little bit apprehensive
about the bottling process, but it's really
not complicated. Simply siphon your
finished product into sanitised bottles
leaving about 5cm of headspace below the
rim, insert a cork into the hand corker,
position the bottle under the corker and
pull the lever. Practice makes perfect, so
buy some extra corks.
You can access some great recipes for all
sorts of wines here: www.wine-making-
guides.com/wine_recipes.html
- good luck!
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