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The people, places and produce that encapsulate the process of making wine... these are the subjects captured in the winners' photographs in the 'Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year' category of the recently announced Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023 awards.
'Girl After Emptying a Tank at the End of the Fermentation' by Thierry Gaudillère took home the overall prize in the category, in addition to placing first in the "People" segment. It depicts a young woman resting after emptying a vat in which grapes have been fermented, at a vineyard in Burgundy.
As part of our ongoing coverage of the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023, we're taking a look at the nine winning entries across the three segments (People/Places/Produce) in this category, that capture the thrill and toil of wine-making.
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Produce
1st | 'The Eye', by Adrian Chitty
Chardonnay lees forming a striking pattern at the bottom of a stainless steel fermentation tank.
Photo © Adrian Chitty and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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2nd | 'Spreading Pomace', by Adrian Chitty
After pressing wine grapes to obtain juice, the skins and stems are spread as compost, returning nutrients back to the soil.
Photo © Adrian Chitty and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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3rd | 'Open the Valves', by Lucile Carmet / Vitinova
The grapes have become wine. During the vinification, it is a festival of colours. Pumping over consists of sending the must from the bottom to the top of the vat, to wet the marc cap and extract all the matter it contains. Harvest 2022, Languedoc, France.
Photo © Lucile Carmet / Vitinova and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Places
1st | 'Pommard Pruning', by Oscar Oliveras / @wineographic
A vineyard worker burning vine branches from the previous season in the Pommard Rugiens vineyard in Burgundy, France.
Photo © Oscar Oliveras and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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2nd | 'Like a Tropical Cellar', by Rodolphe Travel / Vitinova
In the south of France, in the Languedoc region, we push open the door of the Domaine de Belle-Mare. The wine-making cellar is bathed in light and the shadows of the surrounding olive trees. We are just a few metres from the Thau Lagoon, which is connected to the Mediterranean Sea and whose sea spray refreshes the sun-drenched vines.
Photo © Rodolphe Travel / Vitinova and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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3rd | 'Iced Vine at Chilworth Manor' by Mick Rock
Ice-coated vine with bougies (candles) burning in sub-zero spring temperatures. Before dawn at Chilworth Manor vineyard.
Photo © Mick Rock and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - People
1st + overall winner | 'Girl After Emptying a Tank at the End of the Fermentation' by Thierry Gaudillère
Girl resting after emptying a vat after the fermentation of the grapes in a vineyard in Burgundy. It is physical and tiring work.
Photo © Thierry Gaudillère and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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2nd | 'The Wine Workers We Don't See', by PVF
Wine simply would not exist without harvest workers picking America's grapes.
Photo © PVF and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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3rd | 'Uranus and Mark', by Sarah Jaeggi
A moment of pure endurance and strength in the Swiss vineyards: Uranus and his guide are ploughing this plot whose inclination is too steep for any machinery. A simpler method of agriculture, paced by the horse.
Photo © Sarah Jaeggi and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2023
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