Whole clusters in bladder press?

[Rakhal]

I recently got a bladder press, I’ve always used a basket press before now. Do I have to de-stem the grapes before putting them into the bladder press? I assume it’s strong enough to not get holes poked in it by the stems right? I’m making a rosé and normally I just foot tread the grapes and press them immediately. De-stemming would be a lot of work by hand.

 

[Rakhal]

I recently got a bladder press, I’ve always used a basket press before now. Do I have to de-stem the grapes before putting them into the bladder press? I assume it’s strong enough to not get holes poked in it by the stems right? I’m making a rosé and normally I just foot tread the grapes and press them immediately. De-stemming would be a lot of work by hand.

I used the bladder press without destemming and it worked great!