Where the Grapes Grow for Smithsonian Magazine
We traveled to Missouri to photograph a fascinating story about a vineayrd that’s growing grapes that are native to the United States to make wine. Many of the varieties were nearly exctinct so sourcing them let alone growing them was a huge task. It was a lovely couple days documenting the whole wine making process from the picking of the grapes to testing things inside the lab. You always know it’s going to be a fun assigmnet when you find yoruself surrounded by barrels of wine and test lab beakers!
Eisterhold says the potential for native grapes to make the wine world more resilient, by increasing its genetic diversity, has always been central to his project. Growing more kinds of grapes, he says, “hedges your bets as we deal with what, I think, will be an increasingly uncertain and volatile future.”
It was also a great suprise to open the print copy of the Smithsonian and see so many of our photos used! Read the Smithsonian story here.
