After putting in our first order of fresh grapes, it is time to get serious about this whole winemaking process. As we may have mentioned in the past, our supplier MDCrush does do all of our processing on site to include Crushing and Pressing of the grapes. However this can become a problem when considering that wines, both white and red, benefit susbtancially from first being crushed and combined with the juice and then the pulp pressed after a given amount of time.
How were we going to be able to press our grape pulp in Maryland after carting it home and allowing it combine with the existing grape juice? The only obvious answer, or at least the only one we thought of was to buy our own press:
I have named her "Lady Luck" because I figure if there anything in this whole process that we are doing, it's pressing our luck. Ah, but pathetic atempts at humor aside, this little beauty is capable of pushing out 16 quarts of grapes in a single press. Her ratchet style action allows for greater pressing with less work, and her easy pour bottom spout allows the juice to quickly be funneled directy into my mouth.
She is being shipped from Lehmans.com and I will post more pictures of her unboxing when she arrives in late August, I know our readers can't wait.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Winery Equipment: The Press
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7 comments:
You make a piece of machinery sound so sexy.
(You use your tongue prettier than a 20 dollar whore!)
I wonder how many clothes you can get in there? I'm thinking that Patty will use it to "press dry" clothes, rather than her clothes dryer! Save Donny some money on his electric bill!
Don't give them any ideas.
did he reconnect the powerlines to the house?
Hi, I am from Lehman's. I would like to see the press in action also, please let us know how it goes. I will be watching your blog, but please email us some info
Greg,
Glad to see the follow up. The press probably won't get any use until our white grapes come in next month. I got the package in the mail a few weeks ago and everything looked great. We can't wait to get grapes into it and test it out, I will be sure to post tons a pictures and a blog post letting everyone know how it goes. Out of curiosity, how did you find our blog....we always love new readers.
I am a web master, that is my job :))
you link to our site, I know it.
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