Press juice: The juice obtained not by draining but by pressing fresh pomace. It is usually far more tannic (often bitter) than drained or lightly pressed (free run) juice.
Press
To exert pressure on grapes or must to extract their juices; also the mechanical device used to do this.
Press juice
The juice obtained by pressing, as opposed to free-run juice.
More typically though, the press juices or finished wines made from them, are subjected to processes that strip the phenolics out of them. This process is called fining, and consists of adding a 'fining agent' to the wine and mixing them together.
 See also: Long, Grape, Wine, Off, Variety
  
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