The Wine Press and the Cellar: A Manual for the Wine-Maker and the Cellar-Man
CHAPTER XII.
RACKING. Object of, time for, conditions indispensable for a good racking, 91; new red wines, 92; old red wines, new white wines, first racking, subsequent rackings, 93; care to be observed, other precautions, 94; different methods of racking, implements for tipping the cask, 95; racking without contact with the air, pumps and siphons, 97.