I had the opportunity to help friends harvest their grapes this year at their vineyard near St. Genevieve, Missouri. They have 3 acres of chambourcin vines planted. The grapes are taken to a winery next door for crushing, aging and bottling. Chambourcin thrives in the hot humid Missouri climate and is resistant to the hard freezes of our winters. This year produced an abundant harvest for their small vineyard even after thinning the grape clusters throughout the summer. The vines produced approximately 7 tons of grapes (almost twice the yield of 2008!). This was my first time harvesting grapes and I had a great time!!
Here are a few pictures from the day:
The entry sign
Beautiful clusters
Harvesting
Harvest lunch
Random beauty
To the crush room
Crush room
The winery
Tasting patio
The B & B
The B & B
Winery cat
A votre sante’!
Oh, how fun! The pictures are lovely, Bruno.
We went to Charleville winery earlier this summer just for a picnic with friends and enjoyed it very much. We didn’t spot the winery kitty though- good thing, because we had our dog with us and he does not play well with kitties :)
Hi Nupur,
Charleville is a cool little winery – Definitely worth the drive!
What a fun day. I’d love to do this.
Hi Barbara,
It was great fun!
You have an awesome array of wine regions in Australia – I bet many of the vineyards are looking for volunteer harvesters to save money.