Normally, it takes a crew of 24 pickers up to seven hours to harvest one hectare of grapes but this $500,000 Pellenc 4680 made short work of 11ha of sparkling grapes in 20 hours at Ian Roberts’ ...

With more vineyards starting up, it is becoming harder to attract enough pickers Most of Tasmania's wine grapes are still picked by hand but mechanical harvesters are becoming more popular About 95 ...

Slowly, silently, effortlessly. The autonomous grape cart does not necessarily attract much attention as it drives through the rows at Parminder Brar’s 900-acre family farm in Kern Country, Ca. But it ...

A contract grape harvester is the first to import a new type of machine that removes stems from grapes during the harvest process. Stem removal takes away the chance of wine developing 'green ...

NAPA (CBS SF) -- A Napa vineyard worker was killed Monday in an accident involving a grape harvesting machine, authorities said. Cal Fire responded to a report of a worker stuck in a grape-picking ...

IT’S the latest thing in grape harvesting and a sure sign that Tasmania’s wine industry is coming of age. Normally, it takes a crew of 24 pickers up to seven hours to harvest one hectare of grapes but ...