City of Grapes

About 3 hours south of where I live is a city known for its grapes. The city is on the edge of desert, and there are grape vines growing everywhere.

In the spring, the grapes start out small.

These are some of the last remaining grapes of the fall. I have never been there in the summer for the height of grape season, because it is simply too hot to be enjoyable. I was there the last day of September, and the temperature was in the 90s.

There are also small houses like this all over the city where the grapes are dried to make raisins.