RE: Pruning for Sap Flow

Jennifer Angelosante — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:22:30 GMT

Thanks for the informative article, Sarah. There aren't too many articles on the topic, despite it's tremendous popularity. I remember attending a presentation by Simonit & Sirch at a vineyard conference in Napa quite a few years ago, and we were all pretty blown away by what to us was a pretty new concept at the time. It seems like in the past ten years or so, many producers here (in Napa) and elsewhere have begun experimenting with it. I'm so curious to see producers' impressions of it over a longer period of time. While it seems really intuitive that these techniques help to preserve the vine's vascular system (and overall health), I'm curious about the impact on fruit quality. Older vines seem to perform differently than younger ones in terms of water stress and overall quality, and I've always wondered if scarring is playing a role. While it may technically weaken the vine, perhaps this is actually giving a positive result in terms of quality? I don't know the answer to this, but am hoping with time, we might have better insight.

RE: Pruning for Sap Flow

Anders D Divack — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 03:49:11 GMT

Thank you for an excellent article! I found the simonit website and videos a couple years ago and try to follow their practices in my small plot of vines.