Attend a wine harvest in autumn

“Arriving in the Finger Lakes, I discovered an existence I’d forgotten I was supposed to want. A family of winemakers brought me onboard, and I bore witness to the harvest. We took down an immaculate freight of Riesling. The Pinot Noir we picked by hand, selecting only the finest clusters. I was warned that the romance of hand-harvesting typically wears off after the first vine, but it didn’t. In that perfect weather, I could have stayed in the Pinot for the rest of my life.”

“I had the privilege and opportunity of joining the Sangiacomo Family Vineyards team for an early morning in their vineyards during the recent 2020 harvest. [...] As someone who adores wine and works in the wine industry, it was so informative to watch a morning harvest seeing how the grapes are picked (all handpicked by the way), and all the magic that happens in the vineyards in the early morning (they start picking around midnight) and are done by 7am.”