Done Pruning

We began pruning on March 24th and pruned our last vine on April 29th. While we were doing the job, we constantly told ourselves that next year we will be starting earlier. We will have to, given all of the canes that we laid down this year. Here is what the vineyard looked like before pruning. Before pruning:

Here is what one row looked like after pruning. After pruning:

We are breathing a sigh of relief. Not only that, at the beginning of this week, April 30th, it still felt like a winter chill was in the air, but as of Wednesday, there definitely was a touch of summer in the air. The buds are sensing this change in temperature as well since they have begun their slow but inexorable passage to budbreak.