Sorry about going all quiet on you ... I've been away at a festival, Shambala, and jolly good it was too. Tho we expected that 'cos we've been before.
Anyway, onto wine-making talk. The Blueberry & Cranberry quickie wine is now about 5 weeks old. It's stopped fermenting, dropped a sediment and is beautifully clear. So it was time to rack, degas, top-up, and stabilise all 3 gallons. It should be ready to drink and bottle in a week, which is exactly what you want from a quickie wine. The sneak taste I got at racking was very pleasant, if a little sharp (but only a little). These wines tend to do their aging quite quickly, so what you may notice in months in another wine, could happen in weeks with these. Tho obviously they won't turn into vintage wine, they are meant to be table wines that are cheap, quick and easy to brew.
The astute amongst you may have noticed that these are not full; the piccie was taken at the degassing stage.... and also that there are 4 DJs in the picture. The furthest away contains a kit wine I bought by mistake. I meant to get Blackcherry, and got Blackberry instead. Bit annoying cos I can pick heaps of blackberries here but blackcherries are another matter! Anyway it's also about 5 weeks old and had stopped fermenting and dropped a sediment. So it got racked, degassed, topped-up, stabilised and had finings added (they come with the kit so no point wasting them). Tastes fine already, so not too annoying as it wasn't very expensive at all, less than £1.00 per bottle.
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