The Great Crush - Using My Crusher Destemmer to Crush White Grapes In My Garage Winery!

Finally the day has come! After just over a week of insane rushing to set up my new winery in my garage I invited a couple of friends over to help with the crush. A few hours earlier I received just under 250 kg (550 lbs) of white Trebbiano grapes from Italy (and 4 boxes of red Sangiovese grapes - 36 kg, 80 lbs ). In this video we use a hand crank crusher destemmer to gently crush the grapes and then destem them. The crushed grapes (now call must) fall to the plastic bins below. Not seen in the video is the transfer of the must into a 120 L blue food grade barrel in preparation for pressing (next video). I ran out of battery and was unable to film the red grapes being crushed. The footage has been boiled down into 8 minutes, though the crush lasted a couple of hours. Enjoy!
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[@user-sb8fi8jq5g]

If anyone knows...which brand has better quality...Grifo or Eno-italia ??

[@davehofer8539]

Wonderful vidio, can you suggest where to buy this Destemmer ?

[@mygaragewinery9864]

Hi Dave, thanks for watching. The crusher-destemmer is from Italy: www.agrieuro.co.uk/hand-operated-crusher-destemmer-with-supporting-frame-and-handwheel-p-6058.html. Cheers

[@isaacbrach4523]

@@mygaragewinery9864 Do you know if I can get this in the US ?

[@mygaragewinery9864]

@@isaacbrach4523 You certainly can! There are various companies that sell it such as: www.homebrewit.com/products/manual-crusher-destemmer-all-stainless-steel. Cheers!

[@weisshalivniwine]

He is turning the wheel the wrong way. It makes a difference. Also, take it outside guys, give yourself some room to work.

[@GeneralSamov]

​@weisshalivniwine
Yup. One clue to look for is how the crushers are turning . If they're turning one towards the other, both towards the middle of the center of the mill, then you're turning in the right direction. Otherwise I'd be surprised if a single stem made it to the end as it would be impossible.