• Vitiworks Vineyard Management team member pruning vines in Adelaide Hills
  • Vitiworks Vineyard Management team member using snips to prune vines in Adelaide Hills
  • Pruned vines in Adelaide Hills
  • Vitiworks Vineyard Management team member using an Alpina chainsaw to prune vines in Adelaide Hills
  • Vitiworks Vineyard Management team member using an Alpina chainsaw to prune vines in Adelaide Hills
  • Vitiworks Vineyard Management team pruning a vine with a small trimmer
  • Pruned Adelaide Hills vineyard
  • Vitiworks Vineyard Management team member among pruned vines in Adelaide Hills

Pruning

Winter pruning is the start to the new growing season and is critical for the final outcome.

Pruning starts with looking at the bud fruitfulness under the microscope to work out bud numbers and from there each block is meticulously hand pruned in different ways to achieve the target cropping levels.