Vineyard

CHAPTER IV.

The Vineyard and Orchard.

He who proposes to plant grapevines will scarcely fail to take the sensible course— of inspecting the varieties already producing fruit in his locality from causes often too obscure to be learned with certainty excellent kinds will prove to be well adapted to one locality and fail in others if therefore when calling on a neighbour during august september or october we are shown a vine producing fruit abundantly that is suited to our taste a vine also which manifests unmistakable vigor we may be reasonably sure that it belongs to a variety which we should have especially if it be growing in a soil and exposure somewhat similar to our garden plot a neighbor worthy of the name will be glad to give us a few cuttings from his vine at the time of its annual pruning and with very little trouble we also may soon possess the desired variety when the vine is trimmed either make yourself or have your friend make a few cuttings of sound wood from that season's growth about eight inches is a good length for these vine slips and they should contain at least two buds let each slip be cut off smoothly just under the lowest bud and extend an inch or two above the uppermost bud if these cuttings are obtained in november or december They may be put in a little box with some of the moist soil of the garden and buried in the ground below the usual frost line, say a foot or 18 inches in our latitude.

The simple object is to keep them in a cool, even temperature, but not a frosty one.

Wow.

And we're hosting a debate, Fine Rosé is Made in the Vineyard.

Right.

And you're also obviously proving the point that rosé, fine rosé can age.

And so what they're doing is with their, is it Roy's Road? Ray's Road? Oh, yeah, yeah.

in Hawke's Bay? In

Hawke's Bay, yep.

And then we get into winemaking.

So John is the founder and owner of Cassara Winery and Vineyards.

And John, I understand it gets some really good ratings, like really good wine, you know, that you're serving up.

And then he has True Crime and Wine, which is in his background.

Make sure you check out the show notes for links to Matt, Microbats, and the Bat Nav, plus related Sustainable Wine Growing podcast episodes.

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Shiraz, I really want to talk a little bit about pest and disease management with you because this is one of the big expenses and one of the most complicated parts of grape growing.

And so, you know, Vineyards should be implementing robust, integrated pest management.

So at Malavoie, what does integrated pest management mean to your team?

What a question.