The 45th is a brand-new magazine celebrating the wine, food, and leisure of Northern Michigan. Recently via their "Short Takes on the 45th" email article they featured the following videos discussing the harvesting of grapes at Chateau Fontaine Vineyards & Winery.
Getting grapes to the point of being picked off the vine, after surviving all the months of weather and being carefully tended to, is just a part of what a winery does. The next step begins: It's time to process the grapes for use in future wines. All the vineyards in Northern Michigan take on this challenge. To learn more about what it takes to get the job done, The 45th magazine traveled to Leelanau County's Chateau Fontaine and spoke with owner Dan Matthies. The 45th captured some of this process on film.
First the grapes are picked by hand and collected in large tubs that are then transported by forklift to a machine that separates the stems from the fruit, then… well, maybe just watch the video and have the man himself, Dan Matthies, explain how and why things are done around Chateau Fontaine. In Chateau Fontaine II, Dan describes what happens to the fruit once they've been through the machine.
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Photo credit: Chardonnay Vineyard by farlane (check out his full set from Chateau Fontaine)
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