[Growwine] Unusual topic, but

[Wayne Holland]

Vernon,

Interesting. How do you seal it? Do you degorge the tube or just  
leave it in?

wayne
On 3-Jul-08, at 2:01 AM, Vernon Speer wrote:

> Wayne...just an idea
>
> I've been experimenting (read putzing around) with champagning my  
> fruit
> wines. If you've got the wine and using Andre's bottles with crown
> caps, try this.
> Add a couple of ounces of simple sugar to the wine, now the sneaky
> part, put your yeast in a dialysis membrane tube, I use 10mm, 14,000
> MWCO, sealed at both ends, and drop in the bottle. The yeast eats the
> sugar, but the residue stays in the tube, a little osmosis  
> thing...this
> eliminates the degorging!!! Results have been very encouraging...if  
> for
> no other reason than my degorging efforts to clear the plug have
> resulted in a lot of excitement and an unsightly ceiling in the
> kitchen. Dialysis membrane tubes should be available from any medical
> supply house.