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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

A press only works with certain types of grapes.  Try pressing Concord and types like it, with slipskins and slippery, mucilaginous pulp.  If you use a bag, the pulp quickly gums the bag.  Use a type with open slats and the grapes squirt out the openings.  Regular wine grapes are much juicier and less prone to gumming a bag, and they compress more readily.
If you juice Concord types, they usually have to be broken up very well.  A blender on low speeds to prevent breaking seeds is a good idea.
This is all written down, plus a lot more, in a book now in production.
-Lon
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 
For even more grape lessons, go to  http://www.grapeschool.com
For growing supplies and more;  http://www.grapegrowersolutions.com

On Aug 26, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Richard MURPHY wrote:

<x-tad-bigger>For Grapes and Juice and Wine........... a Fruit Press</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Check out a couple of Winemaking Supply houses on the Web.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Also look at Ebay.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Get yourself a decent one or your Fun will turn into Tedium.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>You can sell it later if you get tired of it.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Murph</x-tad-bigger>_______________________________________________
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