Here is a little photo essay of how we press off red wines using gravity. Once the liquid fraction is drained, the skin, seeds, etc (known as "pomace" ) is raked into a picking bin and then dumped into the press with the rotator on the forklift. From there, it is pressed-off at sequentially higher pressure by the bladder inside the press. When it's done, we dump the dry pomace it goes back to the vineyard for compost. Another happy ending!
Cheers!
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