Tag: photography
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: Rivulets
Fine lees show patterns of rivulets, like an aerial photograph of a river delta, at the bottom of a drained
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: Harvest Chaos
Not what the tourists see. Hoses, pumps, and various equipment clutter the tank room at Château Morgues du Grès in
Vinography Images: Messy Business
Fermentation can be a messy business, especially when it takes place outside of huge temperature-controlled steel vats, as seen here
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: Ready and Waiting
A tank room stands clean, ready, and waiting for grapes. Across northern California, many producers are waiting with bated breath
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: Parts & Tools
The parts and tools board at Château d’Or et de Gueles in Costieres de Nimes, France. The tools of winemaking
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: Misty Mountain Vines
Mist hangs in the hills above vineyards approaching harvest in the St. Helena AVA of Napa Valley. After a cooler-than-usual
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
