This past year, I managed to ruin my wooden basket press. I'm not sure what I used on it (sulfite?, one-step?, chlorox?, ammonia?), but all of the screws and metal rusted. How do you all clean the wooden parts of your ratchett presses?
I just hose mine off and let it dry in full sun. The ultra-violet will kill most bacteria plus dry storage until next year.
I tend to agree with Wayne - less is more in this case.
After a thorough water rinse (with plenty of pressure), I also rinse the basket with a 5% solution of KMS, which takes off most of the red wine staining.
Then let completely dry in the sun - do not store it moist.
What I would never do is use any hypochlorite for fear of TCA contamination in the wood. I also learned the hard way not to use soda ash as a cleaning compound - it makes the wood turn grey - probably not a problem, but unattractive.
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