Lately I’ve been doing my homework as I prepare to get into home wine making. I’ve been reading books, blogs, and forums, listening to podcasts, and talking about it a lot with anyone that will listen. Some time ago Jess’s dad mentioned that his dad had a wine press and it might still be around somewhere. I was hoping to get my hands on it, but had a feeling I might not be able to. So I was planning to build one this weekend, similar to this one. That is until Jess’s family showed up on Thursday night to give us an early anniversary present:

Here is a video of a very similar press being used.

Yay! Thanks, guys! I might even try to make some wine that you like as a token of gratitude. Or you could just learn to like dry wine.

Since I won’t be making a wine press, maybe I can make a crusher/destemmer…

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