For our technical readers….On our farm, we use Korvan Grape Harvesters. Our machines use a set of bow rods placed in close proximity to each other on each side of the fruiting zone. These rods freely float through the canopy as the harvester rolls through the field. The rods oscillate at a fairly high number of beats per minute. Meanwhile, the vines move back and forth in time to the picking rods, and the grape clusters (whose stems have become mature & somewhat brittle) drop toward the vineyard floor.