Anyone use this instead of a press for small batches

Thinking of getting one myself. Friend of mine does all his strawberrys in one similar in design. Its made for tomatos to obtain juice but works well for many other fruits. The kitchen aid thing appears to work the same way & seems to me that it would take alot of the hassle out of the processing procedure. You could still reclaim the grape skins, although they may not be whole, & add them to the must to achieve your reds. Good luck.

It looks a lot like the cast iron hand-crank one that I used to mulch raisins before adding them to my fruit wines. It'll likely grind anything to a pulp, including skins and seeds. You wouldn't want to do that to any seeded grapes or you'd get massive tannins and vegetal flavours. But it probably wouldn't hurt for other fruits like strawberries.

Cheers, Richard