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On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:22:59 -0700 (PDT), Strongarm
> wrote:

>On Aug 15, 1:32*pm, "Mike" > wrote:
>> Would it be an advantage to use a fruit press to extract the juice from
>> fruit / berries to make the wine?
>> Or is it better to just crush the fruit?
>> Regards
>> Mike

>
>Mike;
>
>depends on the fruit. you want to extract juice, but color and some
>flavor also comes from the pulp and skin. Hard fruits like apples,
>crabapples. cranberries work better there. My brother runs wild
>grapes thru his juicer to extract out the larges seeds, etc. Let us
>know what fruit you want to work on.
>
>Tom



Could you elaborate on this juicing grapes? I had thought of the idea
but rejected it as I thought it would break a lot of seeds and release
more tanin.

Cheers,

Bruce
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