It's Harvest Time!

Mom - 2 buckets down, 84 to go!
My dad and Vince (aka: The Grape Pickers)
Vine and Brian (aka: The Assistant Winemakers)
2007 Harvest Team

Me, Brian, Shannon, Vince, Mom, Dad

Sharon and Bob

It takes a lot of buckets to pick grapes!

Doesn't everyone use the trunk of their Jag for a table?

It's that time of the year again when the air gets a little chillier and the grapes are ready to be picked. This weekend, we went to my aunt and uncle's house to help with Harvest 2007. We are now "senior" pickers as this is Brian and I's 3rd year of helping.

We sarted at 8:30am and 1 tons of grapes (or 88 buckets) and 3 1/2 hours later we were done. We tried a new technique this year and I must say, it was a lot quicker and less energy. Instead of picking the grapes, dumping the grapes into a large bin, taking the large bin up to the house and then putting the grapes back into the smaller buckets to weigh and crush, we skipped the large bin step. We picked the grapes, my uncle came and got the full buckets, gave us empty buckets and then he took the buckets to the house. This method, I believe, is the choice of champions!

Everyone had a great time. The day was full of good food, good friends and of course, good wine! Would you expect anything less?