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    Vineyards are Hard Work!!!

            

                                            Harvesting grapes                                   Grape vines ready to harvest

  • Caring for grapes is more difficult than you think.
  • Vines take two or three years before a harvest.
  • Each vine has to be touched 14 times a year. You have to prune vines and train them to grow up. The grapes are picked by hand.

    Grape vines just planted

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