Visiting Vineyards After the Harvest

We have done several vineyard tours with wine tastings and, in almost every case, our visit happened shortly after the harvesting of the grapes. Just because the vines are empty, it doesn’t detract from the experience of visiting the vineyard. Most of our visits have occurred between late October and early December and even though the grapes may have been harvested, the vineyards had started to change colors for autumn. We have done our vineyard tours in California, Spain, Germany, and France, but the images are not surprisingly similar.

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Vineyards in Spain
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Church and Vineyard in Germany
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Rows of Grape Vines in France
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Grape Vines Across the Valley in California
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Although After Harvest, We Saw a Few Grapes Next to a Winery in California
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Vineyards in Strasbourg, France

 

Reaping What You Sow

Some of you may have noticed that we have been a little quiet this week. We moved into our new place in Colorado Springs this past weekend, so we have been busy unpacking boxes and making it feel like home. It has been quite time consuming, especially with work, but we are almost at a point where we feel a sense of normalcy. For this week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Harvest – Earth, we chose photos that represent harvesting earth’s bounties, but are also counting our own blessings as to being home surrounded by our own furniture once again. The first photo is of a church with a wine vineyard in the small town of Hochheim, Germany.

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Church and Vineyard

We saw a lot of humble farmers during our trip to Bolivia. Despite not having any modern equipment, they are still able to produce an abundance of crops.

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Plowing the Field
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Selling the Harvest