On 2/14/04 2:04 PM, in article
, "Don S"
> wrote:

> Any tips on hand pressing or is it as simple as it
> sounds - destem, crush and squeeze by hand over a
> pail? A cheesecloth bag perhaps?
>
> Don

Yep -- I usually take a plastic barrel or pail, line it with a cloth sack
that my wife sewed, and use a plastic coated wire strainer on top. Pour the
wine through it, and squeeze the bejeebies out of the pulp with my hands.
The straining through the cloth gets the finer stuff that the strainer
doesn't. I have used this with my chokecherry and grape wines this year and
it worked pretty well.

Here is picture if it helps:

http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Win...03/squeeze.png

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Greg Cook
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