b'THE CORKBOARD|FALL 2022P I C K I N GMorning is the best time to pick grapes as the cooler temperature protects the grapes delicate flavours, skins and pulp. By picking the fruits chilled, the grapes remain clean and fresh.Pickers go through the vineyard and snip the grapes bunch by bunch, selecting only the healthiest and ripest clusters. Hand-picked grapes are usuallyregarded as the hallmark of quality winemaking as the process enables more precise selection, and with less damage to grape skins and resultant juice oxidation.HARVEST|17'