http://blog.m2wines.com/2007/07/13/topping-up/ The triumphs and travails of a small artisan winery. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://blog.m2wines.com/2007/07/13/topping-up/#comment-37 Andy Walter Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:43:48 +0000 http://blog.m2wines.com/2007/07/13/topping-up/#comment-37 Layne...how much evaporative loss did you see in Chris's small AC-ed wine room? I just built one and our barrels are back in there. Thanks for your help, Andy Layne…how much evaporative loss did you see in Chris’s small AC-ed wine room? I just built one and our barrels are back in there. Thanks for your help, Andy

]]> http://blog.m2wines.com/2007/07/13/topping-up/#comment-38 admin Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:04:32 +0000 http://blog.m2wines.com/2007/07/13/topping-up/#comment-38 In the small cellar we lost about a liter a month. I was expecting about the same in the winery. Evaporation was real inconsistent this last time I topped. Some barrels had very little, some were 2 - 3 liters down. The thin stave barrels we have generally had more loss, which is what I would expect, but even those were inconsistent. LM In the small cellar we lost about a liter a month. I was expecting about the same in the winery. Evaporation was real inconsistent this last time I topped. Some barrels had very little, some were 2 - 3 liters down. The thin stave barrels we have generally had more loss, which is what I would expect, but even those were inconsistent. LM

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