In Part One of our guide to building a crush pad we looked at receiving and processing grapes for fermentation or pressing. Let's now take a look at presses. The question of basket vs. membrane press comes up frequently, so let's address it upfront. Basket vs. Pneumatic Membrane Presses Since we're...

What Didn't Kill Us Made Us Stronger (We Think) About 2025… We've heard it from colleagues and customers, and we'll say it ourselves: 2025 was a rough one. But we kept moving. So did you. Here's what worked last year and what's still working. Product of the Year: Mori MFV Trailers This year we...

Building a crush pad to commercially process wine grapes at scale may be daunting. Luckily we've been doing it for years, and we have a few tips. Here are some ways you can use equipment to make harvest something to look forward to, not fear. This is a two-part series. In part one we'll take a look...

Looking for the ideal solutions for your winery? Come visit our team at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium booth H2, Jan. 25-26, 2023. Our dedication to quality products and service will guarantee you will get the best equipment at the best price to fit perfectly with your winery. Criveller offers...

WECO offers a full line of Blueberry packaging as well as foreign material, defect, and size sorting for the fresh-pack and frozen markets. Our state-of-the-art defect and foreign material sorters, in addition to our pre- and post-IQF frozen blueberry sorters, have been the industry standard for...

Santa Rosa, CA: TCW Equipment is pleased to announce its partnership with PROTEC equipment, the unequivocal leader in optical sorting technology. Protec produces innovative products for the food, wine-growing, seafood and agricultural sectors. This alliance was established to collaborate on...

Perhaps no single piece of equipment is more iconic in winemaking than the basket press. Even those only marginally familiar with winery equipment can see a picture like the one above and immediately identify it as a wine press. In this article we'll take a look at some of the common features and...

Are you ready for the 2020 Harvest? You still have time to order that last minute piece of equipment you need! Criveller has just received a shipment of last minute harvest equipment. These items are in stock and ready for immediate delivery. Equipment: Grape Elevator - NE4000mm x 500mm Output:...

Imagine it's harvest and your grapes just arrived…now where do you put them? Forget about "sexy" equipment like presses, let's focus on the nitty-gritty: receiving grapes. Moving grapes in style When the bins start coming in fast and furious you may be able to dump direct to you destemmer, but that...