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There are 3 of us who get together and share the expense and time. We divide it 3 ways. we each get roughly 350 bottles, that we enjoy and give a small amount away, everyone is happy as long as the wine taste good. Yes we do have a bunch of thirsty friends who like to beg us for a bottle or two...

We used it 2 weeks ago, crushed 2,772 lbs 77 lugs in just over 2 hours no sore shoulders/arms, pretty much ran it for 2 hours straight, no issues. Really worked out well.

Donz, I converted my 20 year old manual crusher/destemmer to motorized and what a joy and time saver. Just a little over 2 hours to process the 77 lugs and no sore shoulders/arms. The new Lanceman Bladder Press was also a pleasure, load it and sip wine as it presses grapes dry. This was the most...

This seasons Grapes we got from Gino Pinto were the best we have ever got, really outstanding. We Pressed on Tuesday and got a preview of the wine, I think we have a 2. real winners of a epic vintage year with these blend. 11 days on the skins fermented dry at 9 Brix or .99 Not sure why it took...

We used our 25 year old manual crusher destemmer, that I added a motor, we completed 77 cases in 2 hours 3 of us plus hour for clean up. This years grapes were really good. Sangivoise 26 brix, Cab 169 clone 25 brix, Barbara 26 brix. PH on the San/Cab 3.89 TA .65 and 3.51 and .80 on Barbera.

What's up Dom, Great to hear your progression, I must say that we are really enjoying our new blend from 2 years ago. This has been bar far the best wine we have made. Its big and bold, very smooth, dry but with lots of fruit flavor. This is what we did Sangiovese Brunello (Lanza Grapes) 45%...

Here's a few more pictures, The Motor is 1700 RPM

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I bolted the motor through the Angle Aluminium and the piece of 3/4 plywood, when I get a chance I'll take some more close up pictures. Put the belt on it yesterday. It runs like a champ. The real test will be in 2 weeks when we crush 2880 lbs of grapes

I just completed motorizing my manual crusher destemmer, I made a mounting bracket using 1-1/2 X 1/4" Aluminum Angle, Aluminum tube and brazing them together and bolting it on the crusher, using a bolt to hold it in place when in use and removing when cleaning. (See Pics) Parts: Motor from More...

Got our order placed for 2021 vintage 80 Lugs were doing the Zin vintage and our Super Tuscan We changed it up this year and instead of doing the split fermentation with D80 and D256 we are using Avante for everything. We ordered 500G cube we actually need about 300G so we have 200G left if...

I'm doing the same thing this year, I ordered the motor and Pulley wheel for the crusher side. I don't have a list yet, still waiting for the motor to arrive. Once I have the motor I was planning on fabricating a base mount bracket, with adjustable tensioner for the belt, I was planning on using...

Well I created the thread to gain some insight on what % of fellow wine makers preferred Starsan or Kmeta, I use both but specifically for bottling I was looking for some insight. Which I got and I always appreciate the feedback

I have been using this for 4 seasons, works good for me, seems accurate. I thought about the Vinemetrica but didn't want to spend the money, not that its not worth the money, we bought so much equipment this year (New Stainless Steel Bladder Press, New 5 spout bottler with pump, bottler washer...

OK you here's my example I did this year of my Super Tuscan I yielded 90 gallons of wine from the free run and press of 36 Lugs (1296lbs) 1/2 of that is 45 gallons 45 gallons of water @ $2.44 Gal $109.80 90 pounds of sugar @ $1.44 per/lb $129 383 Grams Fermk K $20 383 Grams Tartaric Acid $11...

Bryan, I have been seriously thinking about this since we do 40 lugs each year, I feel we can substantially increase our yield. I just thought it wasn't worth the effort, however after reading this thread. I'm rethinking it, however I'm not sure I fully understand the process. I have a few...

Great Press, Wish I saw this 2 months ago, I would have picked it up in a snap.

Completed MLF for this seasons vintages Super Tuscan and Zin, this is the 2nd year with co-inoculation, it's just about 4 weeks from press day, I will let it go another 2 week before racking and adding SO2. Also made a cheap barrel washer for our 55 gallon and 30 gallon Oak barrels, got it...

Did you use a mesh bag? We are using 120 liter but this model tilts, we tilt it take the cover off and pull out the mesh bag.

Well I have been making wine for 20+ years, learning from friends of old school wine makers, who's thought process was just get grapes, crush them and let the natural process work. "I don't add **** to my wine" was the mantra. The problem I had was most of their wine tasted like **** and I...