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Harvest at Capstone Vineyards

Cold dew on the ground, the whole vineyard quiet, and then the golden light came up.
A friend of more than ten years asked me to photograph the harvest at Capstone Vineyards in Linden.

Harvest crew picking grapes into yellow lugs between the vine rows at sunrise, mountains behind, Linden, Virginia.
A white bin full of dark Merlot grapes seen through green vine leaves at a Virginia vineyard harvest.
Close view of dark blue grapes covered in dew at harvest, Virginia vineyard.
A tractor driver smiling back over his shoulder, a bin of freshly picked grapes on the front loader.
Grass alley between vine rows at sunrise with the sun low in the trees, Linden, Virginia.
Low view down a vineyard row through tall grass and vines, a tractor far in the distance under a blue sky.
A tractor and picking crew working down a vineyard row at harvest, Linden, Virginia.
A single cluster of dark grapes on the vine in warm light, Virginia vineyard.
Clusters of dark grapes on the vine with the sun flaring through the leaves.
A tractor carrying an empty bin down the vine rows at sunrise with hills behind, Linden, Virginia.

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What this was

I got the call and said yes right away. Riding the vineyard on an ATV at sunrise is hard to beat, and the quiet before the crew gets going is something you have to be there for.

Most people never see how a bottle of wine gets made. I got to watch the harvest, where it starts: the picking, the bins, the tractor bringing it in. It's a lot of work by a lot of people, and I was glad to be there for it.

What I photographed

What it's for

A record of the harvest, for the people who put the work in.

The details

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Stan Murzyn, commercial photographer in Brambleton, Virginia, in a long-exposure black and white portrait

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