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HARVESTING - Coggle Diagram
HARVESTING
The period depends on:
Climate conditions
: higher altitudes grapes ripen later
Area of production
:vineyards with a southern exposure ripen earlier
Type of grape
: white berry grapes ripen before red berry grapes
Type of wine
to be obtained
MANUAL or HAND-PICKING METHOD:
ADVANTAGES
special skill of the worker at picking healthy grapes
gentler handling
DISADVANTAGES
: costs are high
MECHANICAL METHOD
: first introduced in the 1960s
1.Beating the vine with rubber sticks
The fruit go into a conveyor belt and then to a holding bin
ADVANTAGES
:
harvesting can be done ad night
harvesting is quick
harvesting is cleaner
costs are low
DISADVANTAGES
: difficult to sort healthy grapes and avoid rotten bunches. They are sorted later at the
WINEMAKING FACILITY