4JG’s Master pruner will be giving a pruning demo this weekend at the St. Pat's festivities at the winery at on March 3 and 4 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Like fruit trees and rose bushes, grapevines need to be pruned every year to keep them healthy and productive. In fact pruning – which essentially eliminates all or nearly all of the vine growth (called canes) from the previous year -- is one of the most important and intricate tasks wine grape growers perform all year.
This is the "official" start of the 2012 vintage....watch it happen.
