Grape stomping at Hemman Winery

Fred Lynch

Sunday, October 5, 2014

The annual grape-stomping contest at Hemman Winery produced new members of the Purple Foot Club on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 in Brazeau, Missouri.

Doug Hemman, right, starts a grape-stomping contest with Cassandra Roth, left, Edie Lowes and Cheryl Grimsley Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
Cassandra Roth, left, Edie Lowes and Cheryl Grimsley stomp grapes Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
Norton grape wine begins the old-fashioned way by stomping in a contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)
Sandra Miesner stomps grapes in a contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.

Sandra Miesner, left, Mike Schlimme and Eddie Mueller take over for their partners in a grape-stomping contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
Doug Hemman prepares the equipment for another grape-stomping contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
Grapes are ready to be stomped Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
New members of the Purple Foot Club, from right, Joe Crader, Julie Johnson and Linda Coffman, stomp grapes as Coffman's partner, Jill Roth, checks the level of grape juice collected below, in the annual grape stomping contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)
Spectators watch the grape-stomping contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.

Lynda Heise, right, Julie Johnson and Jill Roth stomp grapes in a contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
Jill Roth, left, Taylor Miinch and Lynda Heise take over for their partners in a grape-stomping contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
Joe Crader helps his partner by unclogging the juice drain in a grape-stomping contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
Freshly-stomped grape juice is collected for winemaking in a contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.
A member of the Purple Foot Club watches the grape-stomping contest Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri.