Manual and Mechanical Harvesting

Grapes can be harvested manually or mechanically—both with advantages and disadvantages; however, manual harvesting has many more advantages in terms of wine quality outcome. 

With manual cultivation, only the best grape clusters are picked, while mechanical cultivation cannot differentiate between a rotten grape and a good grape. Harvesting by hand, though it is slow, guarantees only the best grapes will be used to make wine, creating better quality but also a higher price tag due to extra manual labor.

Mechanical cultivation allows for more grapes to be picked at a time and save the winery and ultimately the purchaser money. 

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