Woodinville Heritage Society & Museum (Out of Many, One display)
Wine Press – Zanassi Farm
This hand-crank wooden basket wine press is a working tool that turns harvest fruit into something shared—juice, wine, and community tradition. Used in the Woodinville-area/Sammamish Valley by the Zanassi Farm and neighboring farming partners including the Vitulli family farms, it reflects the hands-on craft behind Washington agriculture and the valley’s evolution from early farms to today’s wine country identity.
The press is made of wood and iron with basket, screw, crank/lever, and pressing plate components and shows patina and wear consistent with regular use. It was donated to the Woodinville Heritage Society & Museum at the DeYoung House in 2026 by the John Zanassi Family, with the story that it was used for harvest-time wine-making and farm gatherings.
How it represents the community’s American experience:
This wine press represents America 250 because it captures a timeless American story: people making a life from the land through hard work, ingenuity, and cooperation. In the Sammamish Valley, farms were built on shared labor—neighbors and partners working side-by-side through the seasons—and this press is a tangible symbol of that tradition. It also reflects our community’s longer arc of change: from a farm valley economy to a modern Woodinville identity that still carries those agricultural roots forward. One simple tool tells a bigger story of work, partnership, adaptation, and place—the kind of everyday history that adds up to the American experience.
On display at the Woodinville Heritage Museum, Sundays, 1 – 4 p.m. June 14 – September 6, 2026, and the first Sunday of the month the rest of the year.
