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Winter in our
vinyards -
2007-2-22, 10:01 pm
If you have been wondering what we are doing all day long in winter then you have come to the right
place. The first task which we have to carry out every new year is pruning the vines. This work
consumes all of January and even much of February in many years. Pruning the vinyards means to cut
the vines which have grown in the past year so that only short pieces of the shoots remain. This has
to be done to ensure vital growth and even more importantly to control the expected crop yield in
the upcoming year. Since every bud of a vine has the potential to form one or two grapes we have to
intervene and regulate here.
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