Too much Water 127

Each carboy would be filled with wine except the last so they do not need topping.. The last one would ideally be a 1-2 gal. carboy and would require only minimum topping. If it is 3-4 full, I top it up. If it is less, I drink it as young wine.

One of your problems is that you are racking too soon which leads to too many rakings which leads to too much topping up. You racked after secondary and then a few days later, because there was sediment, you racked again. That sediment would not have hurt anything. After the secondary racking you should not have racked again for 4 to 8 weeks or even longer. This would have given all the larger particulate matter a chance to settle out. If the wine is still cloudy I may wait for 3 or 4 months. ( If you wait that long, however, you should stir it every month or two. This protects it from some bad things and can actually help it clear.) As it is, in 4 to 8 weeks there will be more sediment and you will need to rack again. Don't worry about it, you are learning. You have not ruined the wine. I have been making wine for 30+ years and it seems like I learn more each year now than I did each year when I started. It seems that you can make decent wine knowing so little yet there is so much you can know if you really work at it! ;o)

Ray