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June/July 2017

16/7/2017

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HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
​I said I would be back in June, where did that month go?  Certainly it is full swing back in the vineyard, the barrel prune is done (equivalent to going along the vines with a chainsaw) and I have followed with hand pruning and fine tuning of the Shiraz.  Waiting for the risk of frost to pass before pruning the Chardonnay; (if you prune too early you will promote bud burst which will 'burn' with frost).  So the time spent between prunes is taken up by raking under the vines, fixing posts, cleaning wire, mending wires…
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