Photos: Grape picking at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher

Community members were invited to pick grapes at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. The annual event picks enough grapes to produce more than 250 cases of wine.

Jessica Brown picks grapes at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. Brown said this is her second time coming out to help pick grapes, and she enjoys bringing her kids with her because it teaches them about work ethic. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Early morning light shines through picked white grapes at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. Cedar Ridge Distillery's winemaker, Kent Folker, estimated that they will be able to make roughly 250 to 300 cases of wine, which hold 12 bottles each, from the grapes community members pick. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Joy Soliman, 15, drops grapes into a bucket at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. Cedar Ridge Distillery winemaker Kent Folker said they’ve had some community members who enjoyed picking grapes so much that they decided to work at the winery. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Warehouse manager Dave Arthur picks grapes at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. Cedar Ridge Distillery winemaker Kent Folker said his favorite part is listening to kids get excited about picking the biggest clusters or hearing community members laugh as they chat with one another. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Cedar Ridge Distillery hosted a grape-picking event, where community members were invited to pick grapes from 7-11 a.m. in Swisher on Saturday. Cedar Ridge Distillery winemaker Kent Folker said the community has been invited to pick grapes since the winery was built in 2003. Community members earned $1 per 10 pounds of grapes. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Max Borkowicz walks through the rows of grapes after weighing and dumping out the grapes in his bucket at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Fallon Shakespeare (left) and Evander Shakespeare, 5, dump their bucket into a crate at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. Cedar Ridge Distillery winemaker Kent Folker said the best part of picking grapes is that the community gets to be involved in the winemaking process. “What we are picking today is La Crosse,” Folker said. “They’re actually getting to see and hold and be a part of the process. So, if they buy a bottle or they’re out here having a drink with friends, they can say they had a part in making this wine.” (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Joy Soliman, 15, picks grapes at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. Cedar Ridge Distillery's winemaker, Kent Folker, said they will pick close to 5,000 to 6,000 pounds of grapes by the time they finish. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

University of Iowa students Joshua Bliss (left), Karly Connolly (right) and Marlo Scholtes pick grapes at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher on Saturday. Bliss said they’re hoping to pick enough grapes to buy a bottle of wine that was made with the grapes they picked. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)