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You should be able to turn the motor by hand. Or is there is a rock or something hard stuck in the crusher somewhere ?

I have this exact same Grifo C/D and it has worked great for the last several years. It makes short work out of crushing and destemming your grapes!

Welcome , and CHEERS !

What you might need is a good winery dog.

Welcome KB1 ! One day at a time!

I haven't tried the Talisker 18 year old yet, but the Talisker 10 year old is my favorite. I would imagine the 18 is a little less-peaty, perhaps.

Frying up some nice new york steaks....slow frying because they're still frozen a bit. Slow will get it. Yum

Looks like it's leaking water....oh oh. Check the radiator!

Hmmm. I wonder what venison wine would taste like?

Dang road construction

Starters are for people who don't live on hills.. Wait...WHAT am I doing today? Making bread and then mowing the lawn, and then watering. Yee haw!

I would definitely consider using some fresh potassium metabisulfite. That way you won't be guessing about the sulfite. And yes, sulfite got rid of that sort of problem for me, years back. I siphoned off the mold on the surface, racked the wine out and added a new dose of sulfite in the...

I use these doo-dads to keep wires snugged up. They will tighten up things tight enough to pull the posts, which of course you stop short of that. https://www.farmstore.com/product/gallagher-electric-fence-in-line-wire-tightener/

Today I raised the Flag while humming Reveille

Same mountain...from the East side a bit.

Got critters? This will work

There are a lot of great wineries in the Dundee/McMinnville area. Ponzi is always a good bet, Duckpond makes some good wine (in spite of the name), along with a few others....Eola Hills , Sokol-Blosser, Witness Tree, Stangeland....and in between all of these are many others. Dundee has a...

Good plan ecept it will cost more money in gas than the refund will be.

Yep, that is monkeypox

Welcome and good luck with your new vineyard! Growing grapes to make wine can be very rewarding and educational at the same time! You have chosen some very good winegrapes to grow, in my opinion. Best of luck!