Tag: harvest
Vinography Images: Filling Space
Photographer David Sawyer recalls: “Fitapreta Vinhos Assistant Winemaker Almerindo and I built this barrel room, locating, cleaning, perfectly positioning &
Vinography Images: Elbow Grease
Punchdowns work a little differently when your fermentation vessel is a Talha, a terra cotta amphora about your size. You
Vinography Images: Dawn Berries
Dawn light shines on freshly harvested Cabernet Sauvignon at Anomaly Vineyards in Napa Valley at harvest time. Vintners in Napa
Vinography Images: Fermenting From the Firehose
A pumpover gushes full blast at Fitapreta Vinhos in Portugal’s Alentejo region. Says photographer and harvest intern David Sawyer, “Thoroughly
Vinography Images: Tartaric Trouble
When someone forgets to clean out a tank, mold grows on the tartrates pretty quickly. Photographer David Sawyer says, “It
Vinography Images: Harvest Onwards
Three leaves showing the progression and beauty of a vine from the start to the end of harvest in Portugal’s
Vinography Images: Last Bits
A harvest intern stares into the abyss the bottom of a fermentation bin, where only seeds and skins remain, after
Vinography Images: Pumpover Patterns
The start of a pumpover, known in French as remontage, offers photographer and cellar rat David Sawyer a tableau of
Vinography Images: Harvest Hands
The thing about harvest? “You always seem to have must all over you,” says photographer, sommelier, and harvest intern David
Vinography Images: Crack That Cap
The dynamics of a huge vat of grapes can be fascinating. As the wine ferments, the skins float to the
Vinography Images: Press Tracks
Tracks of freshly pressed red wine stain the outside of a press housing at Anomaly Vineyards in the St. Helena
Vinography Images: Digging Out
After red wine fermentation completes, tanks are drained of their liquid, but what remains is a wet soppy mess of
Vinography Images: Fresh Fruit
Just-picked Napa Cabernet Sauvignon drops into the hopper on the way to the sorting table at Anomaly Vineyards in St.
Vinography Images: Selective Work
Slow and steady, with what photographer David Sawyer says is “Amazing attention to detail” the team at Domaine Mee Godard
Vinography Images: The Convergence
Looking like the underwater photograph of some big purple wave, yeast and must converge at the start of a fermentation
Vinography Images: Vivid Crush
Alicante Bouschet gets dumped into a hopper during harvest at Fitapreta Vinhos in Portugal’s Alentejo region. Alicante Bouschet is a
Vinography Images: Ready, Set, Cabernet
Boxes of Cabernet Sauvignon catch the early morning light, as the grapes prepare to be sorted before processing at Anomaly
Vinography Images: Spotless and Ready
A view up into the motionless core of a destemming machine, whose rubber blades and mesh of holes neatly separate
Vinography Images: Drop in the Bucket
Key elements of harvest lie at the feet of a tired harvest worker photographer at the end of the day
