The Tresterband is a machine that pushes grape refuse up and away, into a bin placed strategically next to it. It is particularly useful for catching grape skins when we clean the presses and stems when the grapes go through the crusher/de-stemmer. Peter has said in the past that The Tresterband is overrated; he thinks the job can easily be done by man using a shovel. I think the Tresterband is pretty cool, and why kill your back shoveling the stuff when the Tresterband can do it so easily for you? Well today I tried to prove to Peter (not so much on purpose) that the Tresterband rocks - I miscalculated the amount of skins still left in the press, so when we moved the Tresterband away and turned the press, a whole mess of skins came out that had to be shoveled out from under the press. This job took both Peter and me, yet he still insisted that the Tresterband is overrated. Maybe I better screw up again tomorrow so he can see how old shoveling out from under the press gets :)
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