VENDIMIA IS HERE! The Chilean wine harvest. As I am married to a wine maker this can only mean trouble. My wife will need to get up before the sun, work long  hours and get home very late, I may be able to stay awake long enough to say hi and get her some dinner. [...]

Three years ago I had a wonderful assignment with Wine Enthusiast magazine. I had to fly to Barcelona and photograph ten restaurants, several wineries and many tourist attractions. I went in August! Anyone who knows Barcelona will tell you that in August, Barcelona closes down. Of the ten restaurants I needed to cover, only one [...]

Well the 2010 harvest is almost over. Most grapes are now fermenting. A few stragglers and late harvests are still to be cut. I had a great trip to the US with Wines of Chile and Levantando Chile. We exhibited my “Chile, shaken but not broken” photos at the two tastings in Chicago and San [...]

Last week up north I photographed the pisco harvest in the Elqui valley. Fantastic location. They were harvesting muscatel rosada grapes. These taste great by the way. The grapes were for the Pisco ” Espiritu de Elqui” ( Spirit of Elqui) Derek and me bought a couple of bottles each. Mainly to take home to [...]

Well I had me a late one last night. Lapostolle started their sauvignon blanc night harvest, at their Las Kuras estate in Cachapoal. They asked for a few images to send to press. Of course it was a moonless night which made it all the harder. Also there was a strong wind and the odd [...]