Merlot grapes about to be machine picked at dawn for the excellent 2013 vintage. Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay NZ

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Purchaser will need to determine if appropriate permissions are needed for the way it is intended to use the photograph. Machine cropping vines, at dawn/sunrise - part of a 24 hour machine cropping operation, in Gimblett Gravels area of Hawkes Bay. Permission to photograph given by local boss on the morning. This land by Highway 50 owned by Delegat and their website says that these are merlot vines. Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay, North Island New Zealand

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Size: 4256px × 2831px
Location: Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay New Zealand
Photo credit: © Mike Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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