We developed the destemmer EuroSelect for gentle transport, destemming and selection of grapes, to support wineries in quality-conscious and sophisticated grape processing.

Operation and Construction of EuroSelect

The destemmer’s novel operational mode, based on the gravitational principle is combined with a wide range of different adjustment options (e.g. frequency-regulated drive of the de-stemming fingers and transport belt), allowing an optimal separation of berries and stems, and at the same time processing the grapes very gently.

The grapes are fed into the destemmer via feed hopper, pre-juiced and transported by a belt to the destemming rollers. The highly flexible destemming fingers allow extremely gentle destemming of the grapes. The frequency-regulated belt drive and the two pairs of pin rollers also enable users to set different speeds, so that the grapes are picked up and destemmed by the front or rear pair of pin rollers, depending on ripeness. The berries separated from the stems are then sorted according to ripeness into specially designed selection drawers. This selection possibility is a key factor, supporting high-quality further processing of the picked grapes.

Additionally, EuroSelect can be used as a whole grape conveyor belt for filling grape presses or fermentation tanks.

The modular construction allows customers to adjust the destemmer to the individual needs and conditions of their winery.

Awarded the Intervitis Interfructa Innovation Prize in Gold in the category “Harvesting Technology and Harvest Processing” Evaluation of the judges of the Intervitis Interfructa Innovation Prize