On Sunday morning, three hours before the kickoff of the season opener, Eagles fans surrounding Lincoln Financial were sending up sweet barbecue smoke from their tailgating parties. Meanwhile, two blocks east of the stadium, men and women driving SUVs and pickup trucks were fighting their way through game day traffic to reach the site of another fall ritual.

The start of grape season. At Procacci Bros., on the corner of Pattison Avenue and South Lawrence Street, hundreds of home winemakers made the annual pilgrimage this weekend to buy grapes and grape juice for next year's wine.

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