I got mine free....

it has cast iron rollers...



"William Frazier" > wrote in message >...
> Pete wrote "I have a press and a crusher, but no destemmer."
>
> Pete - Same situation here at my place. I crush and then rub the stems over
> a piece of 2-mesh stainless steel cloth. This keeps the stems out and lets
> the grapes fall through. It's a lot of work...crushing only takes a few
> minutes but getting the stems out takes longer. Wish I had bought the
> crusher-destemmer machine but I got cheap.
>
> That said I believe the best wine I've made was back when my wife crushed
> the grapes by foot. Then we separated the stems like mentioned above. My
> crusher has rubber parts that crush the grapes and is pretty gentle on the
> seeds but I believe foot crushing results in a must that makes better wine.
> Probably not true but it's still fun to make wine that way.
>
> Bill Frazier
> Olathe, Kansas USA