New to wine making

[Ethan]

Hi, I am new to wine making and we are having a go at gooseberry wine due to the abundance of fruit on our allotement.

I read on a post someone referring to the main fermenting period and I am asking what this bit is. Is it whilst the fruit is in the fermenting bin prior to being strained into demijohns?

On that post it said during this period there should be very little air in the bin. My gooseberries are sealed in the fermenting bin at the moment but theres only 4 litres of liquid in a 10 litre bin. Will this therefore not work?

Also do we need to put the liquid in a demijohn for the next stage or can it go into wine bottles?

Cheers,

[Two_Sheds]

You really want to get a good book out of the library, so you understand the basic principles:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Step-Guide-M.../dp/1858337186

[the big lebowski]

hi ,how much fruit do you have ? how many bottles do you want to make? do you want fizzy or still wine ? two sheds is right get a book to do it the correct way and then if your still having problems post and ask questions and we will try and help as much as we can,p.s. there is a whole section called juicey gossip just above this one that is all about making wine and check out you tube they have lots of how to videos on there to browse through,cheers and good luck (also get a hydrometer)