PCharles
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Hey friends,
I had an exciting day pressing Merlot, Cab fran, and Petit verdot grapes. We started about 9AM by draining a 1000 gallon primary filled with Merlot. After draining the wine from below the cap, we took the cap/grape skins and pressed them. I'm including photos of the full primary, empty primary, and pressed cake. After we took care of the big primary, we moved to two other larger ferments, each holding about 400 gallons and several smaller ones. In each case we drained the wine and pressed the grapes. After collecting the wine, MLF was added to each of the containers. We finished about 3:30 PM and boy was I whipped!
The grapes in the last photo will be harvested next weekend and will complete the grape harvesting at my friends winery.
I hope you enjoy the photos.
Paul
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I had an exciting day pressing Merlot, Cab fran, and Petit verdot grapes. We started about 9AM by draining a 1000 gallon primary filled with Merlot. After draining the wine from below the cap, we took the cap/grape skins and pressed them. I'm including photos of the full primary, empty primary, and pressed cake. After we took care of the big primary, we moved to two other larger ferments, each holding about 400 gallons and several smaller ones. In each case we drained the wine and pressed the grapes. After collecting the wine, MLF was added to each of the containers. We finished about 3:30 PM and boy was I whipped!
The grapes in the last photo will be harvested next weekend and will complete the grape harvesting at my friends winery.
I hope you enjoy the photos.
Paul
![Sept 17-2011-1-1.jpg Sept 17-2011-1-1.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/winemakingtalk/data/attachments/2/2331-5bcb48c40019b0ecc4dbb693e79594bf.jpg)
![Sept 17-2011-3-1.jpg Sept 17-2011-3-1.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/winemakingtalk/data/attachments/2/2332-6f639480458dca8c1e09447337d03822.jpg)
![Sept 17-2011-5-1.jpg Sept 17-2011-5-1.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/winemakingtalk/data/attachments/2/2333-624b1685ac1b215b59091638c1ef4d01.jpg)
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