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    ROMAN WINE PRESS

    Sep 12, 2019 3 minutes

    Crushing mechanism

    To exert the pressure on the floating weight above the basket, a large beam that could be as long as five or six metres in length was positioned between two supports. On the opposite side of the beam to the basket, a large screw was placed into a hole cut into the wood. This formed the innovative screw press.

    The pressing basin

    When ready and needed, the stomped-upon grapes from the treading pool would be manually transferred to the adjacent pressing basin that contained

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