Transfer and separate from skins out of a large fermentor

[Univox360]

I have about 200L of wine finishing up in a 300L marchisio tank. I don’t want to press, just want free run juice. But how to separate from skins and transfer the wine without a press? Has anyone done this before?

I was looking at a perforated suction tube, but that is quite expensive. Also, not sure my transfer pump is up to the task. Has anyone used this before?

Perforated Suction Tube | MoreWine

Use this tube to suck the wine out from the skins after fermentation is over. Then you can dump the skins, or use a food-grade shovel, to move the skins into...

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I tried using gravity and a large vinyl tube at the outlet with a stainless steel kitchen strainer into another container. Wine came fast with gravity but I controlled with the valve. Perhaps my strainer was too fine but that would have taken forever to transfer as true strainer quickly clogged and it exposed the wine to a lot of oxygen.

I can just borrow a basket press from my friend, but was hoping for a solution without pressing etc.

Thanks!

 

[sour_grapes]

On WMT, this is known as "the gajillion-hole pipe." Here is one reference, but you can (seriously) search on the term "gajillion" and find more examples.

Auto Siphon Getting Clogged, any solution?

 

[bearpaw8491]

Check out the "Free Run Tube" that Steve sells at Allinonewinepump. Bought one 2 wks ago for use in this year's fermentation but haven't had a chance to use it yet; sure it will work fine. Give Steve a call and discuss. He's a top notch guy to do business with and his customer service is beyond comparison.