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Wade E

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Well I finally took the leap today and ordered a Manual Crusher/Destemmer and a #40 press. For now Ill still be making the 6 gallon batches until I feel that the wine is getting very good and from there Ill take the leap into bigger batches and barrels. I will make a few whites and a few reds this year. Now if only George could ship grapes to my house it would be perfect. I have a small homemade press that Ill be handing down to another wine maker who I also work with so he'll be happy, he'll also have to transport this pallet of equipment from our place of work to my house in payment of it though as I dont have a truck. He's already agreed to help with getting the grapes to my house when they come in in exchange for using the crusher destemmer when he needs it but we are great friends.
 
Hummm... I seem to have seen this somewhere else...


Congrats!!!


I want to see some pictures...
 
Pics will be coming. Anyone know if you can use a crusher destemmer on elderberries?
 
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Yahoo! I wonder how they will work with the peanuts that come along with them.
 
Rock on, Wade! Enjoy producing more wines from the real thing - it's a world of difference.
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- Jim
 
There goes George again being the man! He emailed me asking me how much Ill be making and when I told him he recommended that I step down to a #30 instead as the #40 would be too big and wouldnt work well so there goes $100 from that order. Thanks Boss! I didnt want to go to small for my needs but being to big is a waste as it wont work properly and take up much more valuable real-estate then and Im way short on that as it is. The basket i have now for the press I made is the size of a 5 gallon bucket and I guess this is about dble which should be perfect.
 
Yep, thats George and he did the same thing when I was going to buy a bottler I did not need. I know my next big spurge and George is the man to get it from, but got to get the swmbo approval first. I don't want to wait for xmas.
 
LMAO I was wondering when you asked. Something you would want, Tom doesn't have and absolutely not needed but would be cool as hell! something to be proud of. wudda tink?
 
Heck, he didn't bat an eye when I bought my capsular machine and then turned around a few weeks later and bought another one for a friend.


But then I am no longer able to log into my info anymore on his site using my new or old email. I did get into his new site under construction though. Maybe I'm banded from doing business there anymore:)
 
Throw me another bone here man. Ive searched Georges site 3 times now and cant come up with a big ticket item that would fit this bill.
 
I quit, I never was good at these games. I usually just punch the person until he tells me WTF he was talking about!
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