Israeli Grape Harvest, 2011
We had roughly 250 people for harvest this year, and were blessed to be able to bring in a whoppin 304 tons of grapes for some of Israel's wineries in Judea and Samaria. We had a blast!
Our clippers, or nippers depending on who you talk to, were very familiar to me and quite easy to use. Being a shepherdess who uses hoof trimmers, this was one of the first familiar things to me - the nippers were basi
cally hoof trimmers. :-)
Look at what these vines grow in! It's a miracle that they can grow, and produce such amazing grapes. It's not just
amazing, it's a miracle.
From here....
To here!!!
25,000 bottles of wine ready to be shipped out
Here's the web sites to 4 of the wineries we were able to work in:
Psagot Winery (Wine bottles pictured above)
Shiloh Winery (Vines pictured above)
This is some of my most favorite Israeli wine, just in case you're trying to decide which to get... :-)
And last, but definitely not least,
Tura Winery (No pictures, sorry...)
We had some big days harvesting. A 15 ton day in the 115 degree heat (being used to the more cold and wet climate, this was quite different), and a 21 ton day - a record setter!
