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Grapes are still harvested by hand on small vineyards or where top-quality fruit is required for special wine vintages. Hand-harvesting is expensive and labour-intensive. These grapes are being picked in the Gibbston valley, near Queenstown, in May 2005.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: 14 May 2005, p. 34
by Craig Baxter
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