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| Dawn greets an early-morning picking crew. |
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| Night harvesting of Chardonnay in the Carneros region of Napa Valley |
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| A late-night harvest of Chardonnay. |
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| A view of the Rutherford AVA within the Napa Valley AVA. |
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| Freshly harvested Chardonnay glows at a night harvesting. |
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| Lights on a tractor create a surreal scene as a vineyard worker harvests Chardonnay in the cool of the night. |
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| The first batch of Cabernet goes into the bin. |
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| A worker sorts through a bin of Cabernet Sauvignon, removing any leaves and not-ripe-enough clusters to leave only pristine fruit to hit the crusher. |
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| After fermentation of a red wine, the remaining must is removed from the tank. |
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| Pumping fermenting juice over the skins gently extracts more flavor and color. |
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| Two cellar workers remove must from a fermentation tank. |
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| Early morning on Howell Mountain. |
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