I may not be Napa's greatest pruner, I know I'm certainly not the fastest, but I definitely do a better job, of pruning grapevines, than one of Vinoland's closest neighbours.What the hell? I think this vine is cordon-trained, although I can't be totally sure. It's crazy, it's a mess - I have never seen so many spurs and buds left on one vine...it is vinsanity!
I suppose I could offer my services, but if I did I'd miss out on the entertainment value of seeing how this gentleman's vineyard progresses through the year. Like a good accident, as much as I feel sympathy for the vine, I cannot pass up this voyeuristic opportunity.
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Sounds like you'll be very busy in the coming weeks !
All the best, Villager
Many thanks for these excllent last few posts. They're a genuinely interesting connection with the winemaking process that is usually very difficult to come across.
And for my money this last onen looks nicest. In a craggy, unkempt tree-ish way.
Villager: Nice to hear from you. I will be busy getting slapped by unruly canes and poked by barbed wire-like tendrils, but I'm not complaining. I enjoy pruning.
CV: Yup, it all starts with pruning, the most important thing that you can do to a vine.
That last one will certainly look unkempt come July when it'll start to look like 'Cousin It'!
Funny haircut never did me any harm. (Yes that is me, twenty-something years ago).
Would love to see how it turns out come summer if you can get a picture.
I had a hair cut just like that...when I was four.
I'll try to remember to revisit that vine in the summer.
It's what's known as the Cordon blues...
That vine looks to be in a state of torment, truly.
Vinogirl! What a devilish 'scadenfreuder' you are...Keep me posted...
Thomas: I am overly anthropomorphic at the best of times...now you've convinced me that this vine is depressed!
Phlemmy: Depressed and tormented!
LR: Depressed, tormented, and doomed!
Vinogirl, I'm thinking a bit like Thomas: this vine looks like a Mandrake!
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