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Laura Volkman is owner grower and winemaker of Laura Volkman Vineyards and Winery. She studied at the Northwest Viticulture Center in Salem, Oregon and interned with Mike Etzel at Beaux Freres during the 2001 and 2002 crush. Along with her husband, Jim, and two young children, Jacob and Rachel, who help with dropping second crop and pulling leaves, the vineyard is a family effort and a time consuming labor of love. Harvest is especially fun when the family can look back on the growing season and see first hand the reward of many hours of work spent in the hot sun. |
Harvest 2007 & it's not raining!!
Rachel and Bella are checkin' the fruit. "Bella does this smell right?"
A full tote ready for the sorting table.
The harvest crew RUNS to get their tickets punched. They get paid by the bucket.
Bella and Julie discuss harvest techniques.
Laura hauls the totes to the truck for the trip to the winery .
Laura checks the grapes for flavor and brix levels.
Maybe Jim should get some new pants! The sorting table. Critical for producing high quality wines. The sorters examine each cluster and remove unripe and damaged fruit.
Laura starts her additions while the berries just keep tumbling into the fermenter.
Grandpa, Jacob, Rachel, and Jim take a look at the fermenters, full of grape berries.
Laura doing her 2 or 3 times daily punch downs.