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OK, so this is part 2 really. I had a post yesterday about whether it's OK to freeze grapes because I won’t be able to do anything with them until the weekend. So thanks for the advice I got.

Today I collected the grapes from a friend ready to be made in to wine. The thing is, I was expecting a bag full. I got a big crate of the things.

Thing is, I've never really done this before. How do I go about crushing so many grapes and extracting the juice, without spending a fortune on equipment

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Posted : 19/10/2009 8:12 pm
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hire stu francis??


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:16 pm
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If you have a big crate of grapes, and you can find him, there is someone who can help.
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Stu "Ooh, I could crush a grape!" Francis


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:18 pm
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bugger!


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:18 pm
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you wasted too much time googling the photo!!


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:19 pm
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how true!


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:20 pm
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LOL..i did consider pre-empting all the Stu Francis jokes. There's no way I'm going to get a sensible answer now.


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:21 pm
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Crackerjack!


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:21 pm
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i presume 1973 puts you in the same golden era of childrens tv that i was exposed to!


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:22 pm
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do it the old fashioned way... bathtub and tread on them, dont forget to wash your feet first


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:23 pm
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yes indeed it does doctornickriviera.


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:24 pm
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I have many memories of Fridays at '5 to 5'

so, back to being helpful 😉

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Posted : 19/10/2009 8:25 pm
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Posted : 19/10/2009 8:26 pm
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well my mum used to squeeze soft fruit in a muslin bag to extract the juice for wine- pulp stays in bag- jiuce falls into bucket!


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:26 pm
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trug and mash with a sledgehammer or similar blunt instrument, looks like you have enough for about half dozen bottles


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:27 pm
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Joking aside, I have got a fridge-freezer full of bloody grapes. 😆


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:27 pm
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after seeing those yeti feet I'm thinking a garlic crusher might work if your not in a hurry


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:28 pm
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well my mum used to squeeze soft fruit in a muslin bag to extract the juice for wine- pulp stays in bag- jiuce falls into bucket!

Ah! muslin bag. Now we're getting somewhere.


 
Posted : 19/10/2009 8:29 pm