2014 wine making....

We spent this past weekend making this year's wine batch.  We made a small batch this year 11 cases of Malbec grapes.

We crushed the grapes this past Saturday at my home in our updated crusher/destemmer that I attached to the 6 ft folding table.

Crusher/destemmer attached to six ft table

We cut a hole in the table so that the grapes fall thru to container that catches the fruit.

This is the crushed grapes with Lavolin yeast added

We added lavolin yeast to the fruit to ensure a good fermentation.  We added the yeast to warm water(104deg) and yeast starter(food for yeast).  This mixture is added the grapes and mixed thru(shown above).