The Beginning of Harvest 2009!

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Our sorting line got a little action yesterday with the arrival of our first delivery of fruit from the Willamette Valley. We received several bins of Pinot Noir from Meyer Vineyard which is located right here in Dundee. It’s official: Harvest 2009 has begun!

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Matt’s dumping the fruit into the hopper. 

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Gustavo thinks he’s Vanna White here.

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More Pinot Noir.

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 First sorting table.

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 Punching down stems to make more room in the bin.

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 Anna, Sarah and James doing the final sort to catch any remaining stems, leaves, green grapes, etc.

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 Stacks of bins.

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Beautiful Oregon Pinot Noir.

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