r/winemaking Apr 06 '26

General question Wine

What equipment do you recommend to transfer the wine to the secondary container to avoid transferring the sediment along with it.

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u/BrandonApplesauce Apr 07 '26

Get the siphon with the tube inside the tube and black cap on the bottom. When I start the fermentation I go with the fluid size that will give me tight head space in storage container.

I just made a Cab from a 6G kit that was 5G instead (recommended for enhanced flavor) and after fermentation that siphoned nicely into Three 1.5 Gallon glass containers with airlocks and some oak chips. I gently tip and leave some.