As some of you remember, the wine press Ed built out of an old dairy tank about 5 years ago broke last year during harvest and was irrepairable and we were really left in a bind.......actually it was the harvest from hell, but we made it through the fall. This year Ed spent countless hours designing and building a new wine press. This one is very impressive, heavier and is built to last. Ed had Arkfeld Manufacturing in Norfolk cut the steel with their new water pressure cutter for a nice clean cut and then helped his son-in-law Billy with the welding. Billy did a superb job. Today Ed is installing the membrane in the press that when pumped up with air will press the grapes to produce the juice (I'm getting to screw the nuts on with the cordless drill which is tons of fun!).
We're praying the rain holds off this week so we can start harvesting already. I'm loving the cool weather, but we certainly don't need it for the grapes.
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