VINTAGE 2014
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Learn more from topics relating to the Riverbench Winery & Vineyard in Santa Barbara CA.

Vineyard Crew Nurtures Fruit & Vegetable Garden

 Harvest
 photos, Riverbench

Many hands make light work in Riverbench Vineyard in Santa Maria, California, about an hour north of Santa Barbara. Throughout the year, the vineyard crew tirelessly farms 240 acres of vines. From pruning to harvesting, these workers put in long hours keeping the vineyard productive and healthy.

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Harvest Work Is More Than Just Picking

 Harvest
 featured, fruit, photos, Riverbench

When most people think of the work that goes into harvesting wine grapes, picking is the first thing to come to mind. But there are other jobs for the vineyard crew during harvest.

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Protecting Grapes From Birds With Netting

 Veraison
 birds, featured, Larner, Michael Larner, Riverbench, videos

As fruit ripens, a walk in the vineyard with winegrower Michael Larner led to an interesting discovery and we learned how vineyards use netting to protect their precious crop from birds. To explore this further, we visited Riverbench Vineyard to see the crew applying the netting to their vines.

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VINTAGE 2014

A multimedia collaboration set in Santa Barbara County, California during the 2014 wine grape growing season.

This crowd-funded project brings together visual artists, musicians, writers and wine farmers to document the 2014 vintage from a viticulture perspective.

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