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Ill be pressing mine in the next few days. Ill take some pics and check dryness.

I figured out what my issue was. I freaked out when bunches of air was sucked into my wine not realizing it was CO2. I also didn't let...

I really like your experiment and for me the question becomes does removing the seeds early in the fermentation process lead to a...

Good amount of seed there. Let us know how the transfer affects the fermentation, if at all? Also, are you leaving one with seeds so...

Looks like you have something very special going on here with those awesome looking grapes and the extra skins from the white press that...

Thanks, im still in the experimental phase of my winemaking so I need to try a lot of different blends to see what I like. My goal is to...

I almost forgot that the pump came with that mason jar and cheap filter that always got wet. This vaccum trap was $100 but makes the...

Interesting idea. Are you going to remove the skins by lifting them out of the fermenter? If the juice is drained from the bottom, I...

2024 winemaking kicked off for me this weekend. Early Sat morning, I picked up 1,000 lbs of grapes that I had ordered a few weeks prior...

Yes, crushed, destemmed, but the wineasy is not capable of exerting the pressure that other presses can. For fermented reds, I think...

Curious when you do whites, are you running your grapes through a crusher / destemmer first or going straight to press?

This sounds like it will be a good blend. Let us know how it turns out.

Install is correct on pressure plate. Are you using the Blichmann vacuum pump? What pressure reading are you getting? Mine is...

4 gallons is alot. My pomace is fairly dry whenever Im done and I rarely go more than 2 presses. Something doesn’t seem right about...

I have 4 of the wine easy presses and the vacuum pump was designed for 14psi, or 1 bar of pressure. A bladder press will typically go...