Corrective pruning of an old wine vine. Example 1.
Channel: The Verecund Vigneron
Date: 2018-11-26

This video shows a corrective pruning of an old wine vine that was not properly pruned and managed over many years. Pruning is an inexact art, but one based on experience and an understanding of field viticulture. Where there are thousands of vines to trim, decisions must be made quickly.

In this video, a vine was not properly pruned in the prior year. It is not understood, for example, why an old cordon and two canes were left to grow, other than to try to maximize quantity of grapes while ignoring the grape and future wine quality.

This is an old vineyard. With loose wires for the vertical shoot position system. So it was decided that this vineyard is best trimmed as a cordon and stub system, which places fewer demands on the bottom wires over time.

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