Aux Harvest: Proof of Concept---Part 2

On Thursday, our friends, Mary and Barry met us at the vineyard to harvest our very small crop of Auxerrois. It took only about 45 minutes to harvest the grapes, which weighed in at 100 pounds but it then took 2-1/2 hours to clean the grapes. After the cleaning, the harvest fit into 5 lugs.

After the cleaning, we took a little break for some sustenance. Then we put the grapes into 2 mash bags. We stomped on the mash bags to extract the juice. Here is a photo of our intrepid stomping crew.

When all was said and done, 100 pounds of fruit gave us nearly 7 gallons of juice. We put the juice to cold settle in our modified freezer. We ended the day 6-1/2 hours later.

The proof of concept with the bin in our driveway and a hose to the basement works! Now to brainstorm what we will need to do to scale up for our Chenin Blanc harvest.