The northern grain had been harvested, and on the slopes as he turned west the vineyards were purple with ripening grapes.

Vineyard arbors strain under the weight of ripening grapes.

The whole package results in cool, slow ripening grapes, with longer hangtime on the vines.

Beaming cherubs and ripening grapes are much in evidence.

It tends to be a late ripening grape which can lend itself well to the production of late harvest wines.

The sun's warmth turns water into wine through ripening grapes.

As the acid levels in ripening grapes fall, the concentration of acids are lessening which means the pH level is rising.

Vermentino nero is a mid to late ripening grape variety.

It is a late ripening grape that is fairly high in acidity.

On the upper right stretch long rows of golden vines, leaves half covering the ripening grapes.