Here a quick video taken from the end of the shaker table today of some absolutely primo Neal Vineyard Cabernet from Napa. The shaker table is essentially a second sorting line, in addition to the conveyor belt line, that allows sorters to pull out jacks (the little green stem things) and sunburned berries after the clusters have been destemmed. It is only used on thick skinned grapes like Cabernet because it would tend to mangle thinner skinned varietals like Pinot Noir. The small Cab berries just bounce merrily down the line and into the t-bin to begin fermentation.
This fruit was so pristine it didn’t really need the second sort. The grapes almost look like blueberries in the bin.
That is pretty darn cool. Thanks for sharing.