New to Wine Making

[Tony1]

Hi,

I am new to Wine Making so I am seeking a bit of advice please.
I have at present have a Kenridge Classic Chardonay Kit on the go, It is going through it's final fermentation stage.
In the instructions it say's if you want to keep the wine longer than 6 months to add a half teaspoon of Potassium Metabisulfite which I think is a steriliser.
I did purchase a lot of my kit from Homebrewonline which is based here at York and in the kit was a small tub of VWP Cleaner/Steriliser.
My question is would this VWP Steriliser do the same as Potassium Metabisulfite, I haven't used it for anything else other than sterilising my equipment.
I just wondered that with them both being a steriliser VWP would do the same job regarding re keeping the wine for longer than 6 months.

Hoping that you can understand my question.

Kind Regards

Tony1

[lockwood1956]

Hi Tony

Sorry for the late reply, I'm not online much these days.

Definitely not, the steriliser is a bleach based product. Potassium metabisulphite is totally different. If you havent got potassium metabisulphite add one campden tablet per gallon.

regards
Bob

[Deltawhiskey]

Hi Toni,

Kenridge kits come with all the ingredients including potassium metabisulphite and potassium sorbate. You should not need to add anything else. The wine will keep well for at least a couple of years as long as your sterilisation has been thorough. Mine never lasts that long glum, glue.

David