Hi all.  Here are some pictures of us "helping" with the grape harvest and some photos of one of the wineries we visited.

                                                         Ed walking down to the vineyard      

                                           A row of grapes

                                               Sharon, Janice, Lori and Ed helping with the picking

                                       Once the pickers fill their red baskets they dump them in this hopper

                                 When the hopper is full, it is dumped into a trailer

                                     When the trailer is full it is taken to the juicer/destemmer

                              The grapes are dumped into the juicer/destemmer

                                        The juice goes in a pipe in the ground that goes under the road to the vat at
                                         the winery.  The stems are puked out the back end of the machine.  Lori
                                         volunteered to help shovel the stems  

 

                                          This photo shows the pipe going to the winery.
                                          This winery was literally across the lane from our
                                          apartment.  We bought wine and olive oil here.

A view of the house we rented looking up from the vineyard

 

                                            At the vineyard we visited

                                            Having antipasta before our wine tour

                                          

                                            Some very old wine

                                           Part of the tour was through the garden

                                                Another great view of vineyards