Where are you located? I know Muscadines are prevalent but not tooooo
prevalent. I'm in Athens, GA and have everything you need if you want to. I
also have a winemaking friend who bought a small press (8in. diameter?) off
eBay that perhaps he'd sell. "Never been used"!

"bwesley7" > wrote in message
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> I've agreed to assist a neighbor in making wine with his grapes. He has
> a dozen vines (~5 years old), mostly muscadine but two are Norton, with
> the fruit beginning to ripen. My neighbor has absolutely no experience
with
> winemaking, and I have none in making wine from scratch with grapes -- I
> have made wine with pears, strawberries, and some other locally available
> fruits and done kits for several years. We've agreed that the neighbor
will
> harvest ripe grapes, clean and crush them by hand in a large pot, and
freeze
> in approx 5-lb bags. When he accumulates enough we'll start a batch,
using
> Jack Keller's recipe for "Simple Grape Wine.".
>
> I've got all the equipment we'll need except for a grape press. I've
> checked around my area, and haven't found any available to borrow or rent,
> and (at this time) don't wish to buy something that may be used only this
> once. I've used nylon mesh bags for pears, strawberries, etc., but doubt
> that those would withstand the pressure needed to extract the grape juice.
>
> How can we economically contain the fruit for pressing, and apply enough
> pressure to extract most of the juice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart
>
>