Newbies, Bill and Deb.
First time on this end of a bottle of wine.
Hey! That's not a grape, it's Deb's fingers.
The Prize (and a dirty picker)
Duke, Mikey and Duane.
Duke happily found a vine he remembered from last year.
MaryJo wore her best shoes.
The crew moves rapidly through the rows.
(Much slower if they stop to pick along the way.)
Deb tries to accelerate the wine making
process......
....let's see... put a little yeast on your wrist, then lick, bite and....
hmmmmmm always seems to work in the movies.
A well-fed crew is a happy crew.
Deb still trying to get the yeast off of her fingers.
After picking, we crushed
What an awesome team!
Duane, fork driver extraordinaire
Okay, this time I'll get them into the bin, I
promise.
Duke. Can you hear me now?
Duke holds the destemmer down so it can't get away.
Donna's first time...
So Duke, what happens to all the grapes when they go into this thingy?
Joel (in the hat) and his helpers.
Make sure Duane gets the grapes into the hopper.
Duane works better with lots of supervision
Donna finds out where the stems meet the road
Mikey make a profound point.
O.K.... I get it now. You hold machine down and I
shovel.
(Duke must have a better union.)
Joel is always amazed at how well the crew works
together.
Hold it! who's on the other end of the hose?
Mikey, still making a profound point.
Did someone remember to tell Mikey we've started?
Mikey, thinking of another profound point.
So what is it that I'm supposed to do over here anyhow?
MaryJo gives Mikey some much needed direction.
Looks
like MaryJo arrived just in time
to make sure the grapes get into the fermenter.
She's thinking that Mikey may need an easier job next time....
Nothing more fun than punching down.
Beats holding down that darn destemmer.
Pay attention Duke, don't want to fall in.
Duane and Brian.
Now we just have to find Duke.
He's got to be here somewhere.
Bill, Duane and Marge, relax after another fun day
in paradise.
Sunset
Sunset
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