On Aug 19, 10:41*am, Dick Heckman > wrote:
> Sorry that I didn't get back and say the it finally kicked off and
> everything seems to be OK. *I thought I had but it was to another
> Alabama winemaker
>
> Joe, Your 3 bucket press worked fine in it's initial outing. *I have a
> Harbor Freight bearing press in my shop that it just fits into. *I put
> the bathroom scale on a plank on top and pressed until the reading held
> steady for a little while. *This was just a small shot from 2 vines of
> Traminette so we'll see how fast the turn around will be with more but
> it sure won't be too long.
>
> Dick
>
>
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> Joe Sallustio wrote:
> > On Aug 15, 1:37 pm, Madalch > wrote:
> >> On Aug 14, 8:04 pm, Dick Heckman > wrote:
>
> >>> As a long time fruit wine maker I'm just now beginning to understand the
> >>> * intricacies or making wine from grapes in the southeast.
> >> What do you mean by "the East"? *Quebec? *New York? *Dresden? *Tokyo?
> >> The eastern shore of Lake Okanagan?
>
> > Ok, it went through this time. *71B will have no issues with 30 PPM
> > SO2, it's something else if it hasn't started yet. *Did it start?
>
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Actually, that was Lum's idea. I just modified it because I broke a
basket press and had a couple hundred pounds of grapes to process.
Necessity is the mother of invention, farmers aren't the only people
who know how to adapt and overcome.

Joe