Wine s not just for tasting: Meet the wine photographer of the year
Oscar Oliveras – A Grape View
Wine is not just about the nose, the finish and mouth feel. It’s about inspiration, lighting, styling, composition and framing, and being in the right place at the right time.
Spain’s Oscar Olivares, an award-winning vinographer, has just become the 2021 Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year, receiving a prize of £1,000 and the prestigious title.
Oscar’s winning photograph – “A Grape View”– captures Semillon grapes being prepared to be pressed at the cellar. “It was taken on the first day of the harvest of Sauvignon Blanc at Château des Ganfards, in Saussignac, Bergerac where I live and work as a winemaker.