The Pinot Noir fruit in one crate weighs between 15 and 20 kilograms.
The trusty tractor with a train of trailers stands by to be stacked up with loaded crates …
… as you can see here.
The crates are moved onto pallets by the reddest fork-lift in the world, ready to be wrapped …
… and then placed onto the truck to be driven to the winery.
One full pallet can contain up to 720kg of fruit, and roughly 8 tonnes get shipped every day for the duration of the harvest.
Which keeps vineyard manager Jon Pollard a...