The crews arrive around 11AM and commence the pick.
Pinot Noir grapes are hand picked.
The buckets are staged at the ends of the rows.
Picked fruit
The fruit is then loaded into harvest bins for transport to the winery.
Loading the harvest bins
The harvest bins are ready for loading up.
Beautiful, ripe Pinot Noir, Pommard clone
And finally, off to the winery they go.
Staged bins
All in all, Tucker (Director of Homeland Security) thinks the day went rather well!
Tucker, the dog
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Roxanne // October 3, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Your turning out to be quite the photographer…do I see another another hobby in your future? maybe wine photography? I love the picture with the bins and the grapes! And of course my dog! He looks great! Give him a big hug for me!!!