Actual harvesting today!!! Some silvaner from a few different vineyards. It gave me another opportunity to get to know some of the pickers from the P countries of Europe. The Polish come across for the six-week period of harvest, work everyday from eight until five and then head back home afterwards. Many of them have been doing it for years and know the vineyards as well as the Hasselbachs. The Portuguese all live here but head back for holidays to see the family, which I think I may have mentioned when I was there and saw all of the vehicles with license plates from various parts of Europe.
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| The lord of the land surveying in the early morning sun. |
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| The view over the back of Nackenheim. |
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| Ready for a full day of harvesting. |
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| Nino is from the Douro, and has been here for about 30 years. |
The Intrepid Wino 