Soon to be red wine

For some reason, a few varieties of grapes were left longer on the vines this year.

It could be because we had no rain and they took longer to develop.

[Dorothy]

I’m going to have to get a bottle of red South African wine!!

[Wylie]

They look very ripe. Our farmers are ripping out vines - costs are not being recovered in the sales price.

[Cordiander]

A splendor. I would rather eat them than drink them :)

[Issi Bannerman]

They look beautifully ripe now. Gorgeous colour.

[John Falconer]

Great capture. We probably should wait a little bit for the wine!!

[Rob Z]

Great shot - they look so deliciously plump.

[Dawn]

Looking good

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh so lovely covered in their bloom and in the sun !

[Babs]

Some of the grapes look past their best

[Susan Wakely]

There look to be plenty of grapes.

[katy]

They certainly look beautiful in this photo. It’s a wonderful composition.

[Lou Ann]

Do the vineyard owners use drip irrigation? That’s the only way grapes in Texas survive our hot weather and droughts. This is a lovely image.

[Zilli]

Feeling the warmth of the sun looking at this photo!

[Mags]

Beautiful bunches of grapes!

[winghong_ho]

Must be very tasty.

[Merrelyn]

Some of our wineries use "late picked" grapes for extra sweetness.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

They look good.

[Beverley]

They look beautifully ripe…yum

[Bucktree]

Excellent capture of the grapes on the vine.

[KV]

Awesome and bountiful grapes.

[LManning (Laura)]

Mouthwatering capture.

[Heather]

A great capture and composition, Diana! I love the colours, too! Fav

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Joy's Focus]

I love photos of grapevines! Beautifully captured!

[Diana]

@illinilass @pusspup @cordulaamann @jamibann @johnfalconer @robz @Dawn @beryl @onewing @wakelys @grammyn @louannwarren @zilli @marlboromaam @wh2021 @merrelyn @mittens @beverley365 @dkellogg @kvphoto @ljmanning @365projectorgheatherb @rickster549 @joysfocus Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@pusspup Wine has become ridiculously expensive here, quite a few wine estates are for sale. Unfortunately, it is foreigners buying them pushing the price up too.

@louannwarren Yes they do have an irrigation system to give them enough water. the long summer has just been a bit brutal. Most of the farms have harvested a long time ago :-)

[Kathy A]

They look like they need picking ASAP

[haskar]

Beautiful colours. Any excuse is good to raise the price.

[Steve Chappell]

Awesome capture of future wine

[Diana]

@kjarn @haskar @swchappell Thanks so much :-)