Monthly Archives: May 2011

Wine kits, concentrates, and bases

There are a number of different kit companies and concentrates on the market, so which one should you use for you wine? We offer kits and concentrates made by R.J. Spagnol, kits from Winexpert, juice concentrates from Alexanders, and fruit … Continue reading

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Yoke presses (Pressafrutta)

These presses work amazing for pressing apples or other fruits. They have a press plate, spindle, and handle that when fully raised can be tilted so you have unimpeded access to the press basket. This is a great feature if … Continue reading

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Ratchet presses

Steinbarts carries ratchet presses for just about any size job you need to do. These presses come with wooden stave baskets, a welded center spindle, pressing blocks, and a ratcheting mechanism that, if used properly, makes the press a breeze … Continue reading

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Bladder press (hydro-press)

Our bladder presses are really the cat’s meow. The speed and efficiency can’t be beat by any of our other presses. Just fill up the basket with grapes, put the sleeve on the outside, and hook up your garden hose. … Continue reading

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Plastic Fermenters (for Red and fruit wines)

We have quite a selection of fermenters available throughout the year. If you are making red wine keep in mind that you will need a vessel that is about twice as large as the amount of grapes that you have … Continue reading

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Grape crushers and Fruit crushers

Steinbarts carries a couple of grape and fruit crushers. The grape crushers have a hopper that will hold about 50 lbs of grapes and has nylon crushing rollers (better than the aluminum ones that are on the market as aluminum … Continue reading

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Stainless Steel Tanks

We carry a variety of stainless tanks and conical fermenters. Steinbarts is a retailer for Blichmann engineering products which include his stainless conical fermenters. They come in 7, 14.5, 27, and 42 gallon sizes and are available with either standard … Continue reading

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Books

From Vines to Wines (Cox): A great book with some in-depth wine grape growing information as well as some good beginning information about making wine. A good book for winemaking information, a great book for grape growing information. Home Winemaking … Continue reading

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Crusher/Destemmers

The crusher/destemmers we offer work wonderfully. I speak from experience on this one. The manual unit we sell will crush/destem about 200 lbs. of grapes in about 20 minutes. These units have a hopper that will hold about 100 lbs. … Continue reading

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Wine equipment is on its way!

Well, none of you were asking for it, because we’ve never done this before, but we’re giving it to you anyway!! Steinbart’s is giving you a pre-order discount on wine equipment! If you order your equipment and pay before August … Continue reading

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