Okay, we make wine from high quality juice--my buddy use to make wine from grapes but stopped when his daughter complained about the smell--well--I got my hands on a old Baccelieri Brothers #25 wine press. The previous owner found it in someones yard in pieces and restored it with the intention to use it for making cider--but he's been getting poor apple production lately and decided to sell it--he's also 77 so maybe that had a factor to it also, idk, this puppy is HEAVY. All he knows it's from the very early 1900's. The patented numbers are B135 B138 B137 B139, that's all I could find. It says 25 Baccelieri Bro's, Phila Pa on all the bases' legs--so--we know it's a size 25 and company based out of Philadelphia--which is great because we live outside of Philly and my brother lives in West Philly--so--we're all Pennsy people.
The previous owner restored it really nice, using food grade, anti-acidic reacting materials.
I plan on using this because I'm hell bent on making wine from grapes with or without any or all of my wine making buddies lol. I make wine with two separate batches of friends, the one crew is happy just using the juice and the other crew is a mixed bag--so--i might just do it at home--we'll see.
Anyone have any more info on these Baccerlieri Bro's wine presses?
I've read that their main office was in Philly with the factory in Berlin, NJ--they made fruit presses and crushers from caste iron and had a few patented's that the last one expired under Brian Baccelieri in the early 2000's (maybe 2006?) due to no more contact with proper patent departments. I've also read someone had a Peter Baccelieri wine press, so, somewhere along the way the brothers broke away from each other, or bought each other out, or who knows, went into business together later on--I don't really know because there's not a whole lot of info online.
The main difference from what I can see online (and it's hard) is that the one I have has a handle area that is square, not round like the others--square on the outside--the handle insert is round.
The previous owner restored it really nice, using food grade, anti-acidic reacting materials.
I plan on using this because I'm hell bent on making wine from grapes with or without any or all of my wine making buddies lol. I make wine with two separate batches of friends, the one crew is happy just using the juice and the other crew is a mixed bag--so--i might just do it at home--we'll see.
Anyone have any more info on these Baccerlieri Bro's wine presses?
I've read that their main office was in Philly with the factory in Berlin, NJ--they made fruit presses and crushers from caste iron and had a few patented's that the last one expired under Brian Baccelieri in the early 2000's (maybe 2006?) due to no more contact with proper patent departments. I've also read someone had a Peter Baccelieri wine press, so, somewhere along the way the brothers broke away from each other, or bought each other out, or who knows, went into business together later on--I don't really know because there's not a whole lot of info online.
The main difference from what I can see online (and it's hard) is that the one I have has a handle area that is square, not round like the others--square on the outside--the handle insert is round.
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