Grape Harvest in the French Alps

It's late September which means it's harvest time in Savoie. We found a harvest in the vineyards where we take walks and watched them cutting the grapes from the vines. We were offered to taste the grapes, which were incredibly sweet, and even invited by the vineyard owner's son to taste some juice pressed from that morning's grapes.
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• grapes
• harvest
• french alps
• savoie
• savoy
• wine making
• grape picking
• france

[cinziaclc]

They have the same machines in France too but many choose this old fashioned way because using machines tends to damage the grapes and include leaves and even bugs in what they pick up.

[Sharavis]

As an american I find this method, fascinating & somehow scenic in a strange sense. I would honestly be happy to do something like this for a change of pace. But then again, I'm a sheltered person, so maybe I'm just weird. C'est la vie.

[wssjwl]

It seems Amerian people have more efficient way to harvest grape for vine.