Anytime between January and the end of March is ideal time to prune the vines so they are ready for the new growing year.

In our vineyard we are using the Double Guyot method of training the vines, so the general shape that we are trying to achieve is a 'T' shape at the top of the main stem with each fruiting cane having about 8 to 10 buds. More or less everything else from the previous years growth can be cut off and discarded.

Remember these are second year vines, so the main fruiting canes that travel along the main trellis line are only one year old, so these can be left for the following year. Roll on one year from now and these canes will be 2 years old, so we would normally discard these fruiting canes and replace them with a suitable one year cane from the middle. This is why pruning second year vines is a bit different from older vines.

The main aim is to get rid of unnecessary growth from the previous year leaving one year old canes AND leaving some buds in the middle that will form new canes come summertime, two of which will become the following years fruiting canes. I hope this makes sense but message me if not.



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