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March 6th 2019
Our vineyard team has been hard at work preparing the vines for the 2019 growing season. They are collecting the canes that grew last season, leaving a 2 bud spur on the vine. The old canes are removed from the vine to stimulate new growth from the leftover spurs.
Spurs are the stub of a cane that may contain between 1 and 3 buds. Spur pruning is a more traditional vine training method that is known to produce outstanding old vine wines.
If you enjoy our wine now, just remember that the best it yet to come! A good rule of thumb when thinking about the vineyard your wine is coming from is:
The older the vine, the better the wine.
The spurs that are left will grow the shoots that will produce this year's fruit. This is actually the beginning of a new growing season!
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