What is this Man Doing?

Whenever I come across images of this statue figure which lives at the south end of Napa I smile because I know the name of it is, "The Grape Crusher". My smile however is not one so much of local fondness but rather of eye rolling frustration. Why? It's innacurate! This man is not in the process of crushing grapes. He is in fact operating a piece of equipment used at the next stage in a wine's life. He is using a press. (An early version of one.) So why would this annoy me? Read more