Vine-growing

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Wine-growers' life is governed by vine work and wine-making tasks.

Pruning :

This is a crucial work because the future harvest highly depends on it. Pruning takes up a lot of time: from November to April according to the weather conditions. It aims at selecting the shoots bearing the bunches.

Binding :

After the pruning operation, the canes are bound to intermediate wires to give the vine the desired shape: this is called binding and takes place from February to April.

Lifting :

From mid-May to July, the shoots are attached to wires above the vines and directed upwards so that they can have the maximum benefit from light.

Flowering :

This is a crucial period. Any drop in temperature at that time may be catastrophic. It is usually said that the harvest will take place 90 to 100 days after the flowering.

Tying up :

The wires are attached with clips and the foliage is distributed so that the vine can get its final shape.

Disbudding :

This means removing the unnecessary shoots.

Trimming :

After the tying up operation, the wine-grower can drive his tractor equipped with a trimming tool between the vine rows without any damage. He cuts the shoots above the wires so that the vine can concentrate all its growth into the bunches. Trimming takes place from July through to the harvest.

Disease control :

The wine-grower carries out as little treatments as possible, but diseases must be avoided. For several years now we have been using the method known as sexual confusion to reduce the appearance of grubs in the grapes.

During the summer, the sun provides the grapes with all the ripening qualities required before harvesting.

Harvest :

The result of one-year work expresses with beautiful bunches, thick grapes and sweet juice. Grape picking is exclusively done by hand. A great activity can be observed everywhere in the Champagne vineyard at that time. The grapes of our vineyard are pressed in our own press. Then it is time for another work…

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