A process for obtaining clear must from grape berries includes feeding grape berries into a plant, controlled addition of adjuvant and/or clarifying substances to said grape berries while the grape berries are still at least partially intact, centrifuging said grape berries, in such a way as to separate the liquid phase or must from the solid phase with at least one centrifugal separator device, extracting and collecting the solid phase in a respective storage container and settling and/or flotation of the liquid phase or must so that the liquid phase of said must and the solid residue are separated.

A process for obtaining clear must from grape berries includes feeding grape berries into a plant, controlled addition of adjuvant and/or clarifying substances to said grape berries while the grape berries are still at least partially intact, centrifuging said grape berries, in such a way as to separate the liquid phase or must from the solid phase with at least one centrifugal separator device, extracting and collecting the solid phase in a respective storage container and settling and/or flotation of the liquid phase or must so that the liquid phase of said must and the solid residue are separated.

Methods and systems are provided for gravity-assisted winemaking and other fermentation processes. In one example, a method may include using gravity to process grapes or a fermentate from a first upper location to a lower location and using a bridge crane to transfer the grapes or the fermentate to a second upper location to be further processed. In certain examples, the lower location may be located on a lower level of a building and the first and second upper locations may be located on an upper level of the building. In an additional or alternative example, the method may include using the bridge crane to translate a punch down device along orthogonal axes, including lowering the punch down device into a vessel containing a liquid on which a cap of solids floats. In certain examples, the vessel may be transferred between the upper and lower levels using the bridge crane.

Methods and systems are provided for gravity-assisted winemaking and other fermentation processes. In one example, a method may include using gravity to process grapes or a fermentate from a first upper location to a lower location and using a bridge crane to transfer the grapes or the fermentate to a second upper location to be further processed. In certain examples, the lower location may be located on a lower level of a building and the first and second upper locations may be located on an upper level of the building. In an additional or alternative example, the method may include using the bridge crane to translate a punch down device along orthogonal axes, including lowering the punch down device into a vessel containing a liquid on which a cap of solids floats. In certain examples, the vessel may be transferred between the upper and lower levels using the bridge crane.

Methods and systems are provided for gravity-assisted winemaking and other fermentation processes. In one example, a method may include using gravity to process grapes or a fermentate from a first upper location to a lower location and using a bridge crane to transfer the grapes or the fermentate to a second upper location to be further processed. In certain examples, the lower location may be located on a lower level of a building and the first and second upper locations may be located on an upper level of the building. In an additional or alternative example, the method may include using the bridge crane to translate a punch down device along orthogonal axes, including lowering the punch down device into a vessel containing a liquid on which a cap of solids floats. In certain examples, the vessel may be transferred between the upper and lower levels using the bridge crane.

Methods and systems are provided for gravity-assisted winemaking and other fermentation processes. In one example, a method may include using gravity to process grapes or a fermentate from a first upper location to a lower location and using a bridge crane to transfer the grapes or the fermentate to a second upper location to be further processed. In certain examples, the lower location may be located on a lower level of a building and the first and second upper locations may be located on an upper level of the building. In an additional or alternative example, the method may include using the bridge crane to translate a punch down device along orthogonal axes, including lowering the punch down device into a vessel containing a liquid on which a cap of solids floats. In certain examples, the vessel may be transferred between the upper and lower levels using the bridge crane.

A method of preserving an oxygen sensitive item is disclosed. The method involves injecting at least 0.15 gram of an inert gas into a container comprising the oxygen sensitive item and oxygen, without raising a pressure within the container above 10 psig, to form a barrier layer of the inert gas between the oxygen sensitive item and the oxygen in the container without displacing all of the oxygen from the container.

One embodiment of the present invention is a nested fermentation method for making a beverage, such as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beer, a wine, or the like, the method comprising the steps of: creating a fermented wort solution, wherein creating the fermented wort solution comprises performing a first fermentation process on a first wort; creating a distilled wort, wherein creating the distilled wort comprises removing an initial portion of alcohol and an initial portion of water from the fermented wort solution; and creating a concentrated fermented wort solution, wherein creating the concentrated fermented wort solution comprises adding additional fermentation ingredients to the distilled wort and performing a second fermentation process on the additional fermentation ingredients to the distilled wort.

One embodiment of the present invention is a nested fermentation method for making a beverage, such as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beer, a wine, or the like, the method comprising the steps of: creating a fermented wort solution, wherein creating the fermented wort solution comprises performing a first fermentation process on a first wort; creating a distilled wort, wherein creating the distilled wort comprises removing an initial portion of alcohol and an initial portion of water from the fermented wort solution; and creating a concentrated fermented wort solution, wherein creating the concentrated fermented wort solution comprises adding additional fermentation ingredients to the distilled wort and performing a second fermentation process on the additional fermentation ingredients to the distilled wort.

An arrangement for pressing liquid-containing raw materials includes a press container which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and the interior of which is subdivided by a pressing membrane into a pressure-medium space and a pressing medium chamber. A filling and emptying opening, which can be closed in a pressure-tight manner and via which liquid-containing material to be pressed can be introduced into the pressing medium chamber, is arranged in the press container. At least one drainage element is located in the pressing medium chamber. The interior of the drainage element communicates with a juice outlet of the press container, via which liquid juice can be supplied to a juice collecting vessel during a pressing process. The press container is formed of a pressure-resistant flexible plastics material and is received in an inherently rigid support framework that is rotatable about the axis of rotation.