Well, this is our 3rd harvest in Germany thus far and like in past years, we love the opportunity to get out and pick Ernie's grapes. This year, we were blessed with great weather (although it was muddy again--hence my shoes and jeans on the right) and many memories. I won't go through all the details again, since I've already explained the day's festivities and the manual labor we provide Ernie in past posts. 
The one thing that differed this year was that Matt got to provide some extra manual labor to help Ernie press the grapes. Clad in rubber gloves, Matt and Ernie worked for about 45 minutes 
pressing grapes, disposing sludge, and then shovelling skins from inside the press.
The picture on the left is of Matt and Ernie.
On the right, Matt and Ernie are disposing of the remaining sludge from the press.
In this picture, Matt is shovelling the grape skins, seeds, and stems that were dumped out from inside the grape press into an empty wagon cart. Ernie uses these remnants for compost out on the vineyards.
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