How to Make Wine - Step 4 - Filtering

Andy Watkins from Lakeland Winery explains the process of filtering your wine. After allowing 4 to 5 weeks for the grape particles and ingredients to settle, the wine is almost crystal clear. But to completely polish the wine clarity, the wine is filtered before bottling.

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[lakelandwinery]

If the smell is from bacteria, add potassium metabisulfite to kill the bacteria. Add isinglass, stir hard and filter. If you just don't like the wine, blend with another wine or add sweetener. If sweetening, be sure to add sorbate to kill the yeast, or it may re-ferment.

[tkodawg9]

i want to marry this man and im a man

[gzussturbo]

Where is part 5? These are great vids, thanks for uploading!

[Sn0manX]

andy watkins-"yes, make this at home, with this expensive ass machine. wait, you dont have one?"

[extremeaudioPRO]

i understand the filtering process and the stiring process however air is the worst enemy to making wine so why would you use a pump that adds air bubbles to the wine as it is being pumped through it...seems to me that its just asking for failure?

[Celdoir]

@izzietheliz speeds up the process and ensures a clearer finish. Definitely not required. This is to achieve that commercial clear finish.

[Celdoir]

@kcgremlin33 If you don't have a filter like his (or the ability to rent a filter from a local shop), simply rack your wine again. Because racking isn't using filters, you will likely have to rack and let the tiny amount of sediment resettle and then rack again for a clean/clear finish. It is likely there will be a tiny amount of sediment in your bottles, but that is nothing to worry about.

[kcgremlin33]

what would be another way to filter without one of those machines?

[spaceman1x]

this is such a good tutorial. i only started making wine a few months ago and i have a better idea of how to work now. Thanks.

[awatkins3]

You are correct. We do it to save time & energy.

[izzietheliz]

Most wines clear with time and steady racking in my experience. Is filtering necessary, or does it just speed up the process/make it easier?

[bkchs2003]

I like to rack my wine multiple times rather than filtering. I think this process over time delivers a better taste however it's a lot more work. The way I do it is first rack about 30 days next at 90 days and then at 180 leaving the bottom inch or so to keep from pulling sediment.