Grab A Knife And Pick Them Yourself: Hand Harvesting Grapes In Napa Valley

By Thomas Walsh,

Published October 20, 2014 at 5:00 AM CDT

The harvest: 2,000 pounds of chardonnay reserve picked in half an hour. The professionals can pick just as many grapes in a quarter as much time.

Even though they weren't the most ideal crew for picking grapes, the members of the American Harvest Workshop rose to the challenge of hand-harvesting chardonnay on a cloudy California morning.

For more stories from the American Harvest Workshop, listen to this week's Louisiana Eats!or visit Cakebread Cellars' website.

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Thomas Walsh

Thomas Walsh is an independent radio producer and audio engineer who lives in New Orleans. You'll see him around town recording music, podcasts, short films, live events and radio features. He's practically glued to his headphones. A movie geek to his core, he's seen every film listed on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies and would love to talk to you about them.

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