Harvesting Chardonnay

On Saturday we went to Gray Ghost to help harvest the chardonnay. As in past years, we do this every year and always have a great time. Here are some photos from our time harvesting.

We gathered early Saturday morning to harvest the chardonnay.
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Al used his “Powerpoint” presentation to demonstrate how to harvest.
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Amy put on a show to display this years harvest T-shirt.
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Before heading to the vineyard Warren got a chance to talk with Al about the harvest.
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We then headed to the vineyard and got a closer lesson on harvesting.
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Here’s Warren harvesting some grapes.
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After all the lugs were full, Al Jr and helpers collected all the lugs and brought them to the crush pad.
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Here are some of the grapes we were harvesting.
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After all the grapes were brought in, we toasted to this year’s harvest.
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