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Published October 08, 2009, 12:00 AM

Martell Vineyards fall harvest 2009


Another bountiful harvest brings a smile to Tom Martell, owner of Martell vineyards in the town of Somerset. A lack of sun required the overhanging canopy of leaves be cut back during the summer to ensure the grapes would ripen before the frost. The two-weekend harvest produced 14.8 tons of grapes, the most ever. All photos by Jon Echternacht

  • Another bountiful harvest brings a smile to Tom Martell, owner of Martell vineyards in the town of Somerset. A lack of sun required the overhanging canopy of leaves be cut back during the summer to ensure the grapes would ripen before the frost. The two-weekend harvest produced 14.8 tons of grapes, the most ever. All photos by Jon Echternacht
  • Fred Henzler, Somerset, lines up buckets of grapes for transportation.
  • Priya Nelson, Chicago, selects grapes for harvest last Sunday at Martell Vineyard in Somerset.
  • Jolene Stephens, Somerset, lugs buckets of grapes to the end of the row during her first grape harvest at Martell Vineyards. More than 200 volunteers pitched in during the two weekends of the harvest ending last Sunday.
  • Kayla Hansch, Somerset, assistant vineyard manager, helps with the harvest last Sunday.
  • Cyndi Ross, a 10-year veteran of tending to the vineyard, prepares to harvest grapes.
  • Ed VanCleave, West St. Paul, is a three-year <br /><br />veteran of the Martell Vineyard grape harvest.
  • Greta Peterson-Nafzinger, left, and Jacqueline Martell sneak a taste of the grapes during the eighth annual harvest at Martell Vineyards in the town of Somerset Sunday.