We had a special visitor come in to view the harvest today: Nora Muchanic from Channel 6 Action News!

First, she got to see the Gates Harrow in action. The harrow is one of our newer picking methods, which picks cleanly, quickly, and efficiently, and causes less damage to the vines.

She also chatted with team members Mike Haines (pictured below), Jeremy Fenstermaker, and Bob Heritage before getting into the water with the gathering crew! This crew was working with the traditional elevators today, rather than the new bogside cleaners, but it’s always a fascinating process to witness.

While she wasn’t able to stay and visit the packing house, we followed the truck back to the platform anyway. . .just for our readers!

Big thanks to Waldemar Blanco, Rick Zapata, and Mickey Mercado for letting us get in their way today, as well as to Mike, Jeremy, and Bob for taking the time to chat! And thank you to Nora and Channel 6 for being so great to work with; we appreciate your patience and flexibility.