Making wine need help

[DrunkAsASkunk]

I'm making a dry french red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon)and i prefer a medium dry wine, the sg on the wine right now is .994 and is dry enough for this cat...please tell me what i can do to stop fermentaion. I realize that i could put the wine in a cold place,but is there any other options such as a chemical? What does sodium metabisulphite and potassium sorbate do?...please tell me what aditive and how to add this to my wine. thanks

[Thomas]

Hello. First, you should post this question in the home winemaker forum. Second, you need to get a book about making wine at home (Grapes Into Wine, by Phillip Wagner is a good one). Third, never use chemicals to stop a fermentation; it takes too much of the chemical to work--and never, never, never use sorbate until you understand its use (and only just before bottling).