Tag: Jimmy Hayes
Vinography Images: Optically Perfect
Perfect fruit emerges from an optical sorter during harvest in Napa Valley. Using computer vision and jets of compressed air,
Vinography Images: Skilled Hands
A worker harvests Cabernet Sauvignon on Pritchard Hill, above Napa Valley. Women play an increasingly important role in the highly-skilled
Vinography Images: All Night Long
A vineyard worker picks grapes at night for Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville. Located on the eastern edge of the
Vinography Images: Grape Blessings
The first grapes of the 2019 Accendo Cellars’ harvest are christened with a bottle of 1997 Salon at Wheeler Farms
Vinography Images: Delicious Beginnings
Ribolla Gialla juice falls from the press at Massican Wines. Known for its high-acid, Friuli-inspired wines, Massican was a (hefty
Vinography Images: MOG Check
The first thing you do before you start pressing the Chardonnay? You check for MOG: Material Other than Grapes. Chardonnay
Vinography Images: The Lift
It’s a gesture repeated hundreds, thousands of times every day in August, September, and October in wine country. It’s a
Vinography Images: It Begins
Night harvest at McCrea Vineyard on Sonoma Mountain. The 2021 harvest has begun in a number of places in Northern
Vinography Images: Sunlight Held Together by Water
Ripe chardonnay grapes on the vine are shot through with morning sun at the Hyde Vineyard in California’s Carneros region,
Vinography Images: Vine Hill Hands
The amount of work required to produce the highest quality grapes remains unknown to most wine drinkers. Here a crew
Vinography Images: Before the Vineyard
Replanting work at Trenton Roadhouse Vineyard in Forestville, California. An immense amount of work and planning goes into the planting
Vinography Images: Pritchard Moon
A crescent moon rises, to be followed shortly by the dawn framed, by the vineyard rows at Brand Vineyards on
Vinography Images: So Long, Sucker
A worker suckers vines in Napa’s famed To Kalon vineyard in the Oakville AVA. Suckering is the process of removing
Vinography Images: Cloven Earth
Terraces carved into hillsides in the Cienega Valley are framed by the dark line of the San Andreas Fault, in
Vinography Images: The Massican Man
Winemaker Dan Petroski is caught red-handed, so to speak, in the cellar at Larkmead Vineyards in Calistoga. Petroski makes the
Vinography Images: Not For the Birds
A wayward vine tendril creeps above the barrier created by bird netting in a Napa Vineyard. Though not nearly as
Vinography Images: Otherworldly Wine
A view looking down on the town and vineyards of Taganana on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary
Vinography Images: The Mountain
Mount Saint Helena is seen at dusk behind darkened rows of vines on the valley floor. Prominent and steep, Mount
Vinography Images: Wood Tasting
A pair of hands (and palate) hard at work doing cooper trials at Favia Wines in Napa. Cooper trials involve
