All the grapes in the Lafond Vineyard are picked at night. Usually beginning at 3:00 or 4:00 am and continuing to 10:00 or 11:00 am. The pickers like it, the winemaker insists on it, and the grapes are received cool. Grapes picked mid-day are warm and more susceptible to damage.
The equipment rigged up by David is very simple, a small trailer, behind the picking boxes, with high lights that extend over several rows (the photo shows the arms folded), a gas compressor and strong lights. The compressor is noisy and the pickers are happy when there is enough light to turn it off — it drowns out the music.
Here a worker readying the equipment for the next day.
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