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Harvest Time
Thursday, 9 February, 2017
Renee Barnard
Each basket loading onto the trailer.
Two harvesters go through the block after harvesting to check that all bunches have been harvested.
A perfect even and ripe bunch.
Close up of a red bunch before harvest.
Close up of a white bunch before harvest.
Each worker has a miners light on their head.
Harvesting row by row.
It's been a long night - the sun is about to come up. The rule is that harvesting must be finished by 8 am
The day before we harvest a block, a final visual inspection is done cutting out any uneven bunches.
The tractor drives down the row and the full baskets are collected.
The trailer is now full and the grapes are on the way to the cellar.
This lady has been with us for 14 years.
One of the casuak workers we get to help us at harvest time.
We start harvesting a block at around 11 at night. This is the team
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