Vintage 2024: April Pruning, Pruning, Pruning

It's almost mid-April fortunately, we have pruned and laid down the fruiting canes for half of the vineyard!

However, that means that there is yet another half of the vineyard that needs attention!

The sap is beginning to run in the canes and we are seeing the return of lady bugs! Fortunately, even given the warm weather that we have been having, the buds are still in a state of dormancy. We are working in the Chardonnay, which is typically the first of our varieties to awaken from dormancy. We might be seeing a few buds that are in Eichhorn-Lorenze Stage 2, bud scales opening.

It's raining today! Time to do some other things that we've put off for a rainy day.