Minutes from the Clinton ferry terminal in Langley is Spoiled Dog Winery, a green oasis where dogs nap in the grass, calming music plays from the speakers and visitors sip wine.

On Oct. 4, a close-knit community of friends, family, wine club members and first-time volunteers gathered for a harvest.

The winery draws volunteers year after year for the harvest day. Locals, friends and even visitors from the mainland arrive to pick grapes, share stories and give owners Lindsay and Jake Krug a helping hand.

This year, around 20 volunteers came to clip the grape bunches off of the vines and collect them in buckets before Jake would hitch them on his tractor and take them to the destemming and crushing area. As they worked, friends and strangers chatted through grapevines, swapping stories abo

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