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Vineyard Services

  • ·       Build soil and plant health through a multi-faceted long-term approach

    ·       Direction regarding vineyard animal integration and increasing biodiversity

    ·       Teaching how to adapt winegrowing practices as the climate shifts

    ·       Specialized nutritional supplementation to site specific needs

    ·       Weed management guidance

    ·       Biodynamic preparations and applications

    ·       Irrigation management to lower water dependency

    ·       Designing fungicide spray programs

    ·       Workshops on various vine growing themes including traditional viticulture, regenerative farming, biodynamic preparations, etc.

    ·       Assistance with the regenerative, biodynamic and organic vineyard certification processes - CCOF and Demeter

  • ·       Vineyard floor management plans for each block (and within blocks)

    ·       Assessing soil pits

    ·       Creation of on-site nurseries for future plantings

    ·       Adapting trellising and cultural practices to the local environment

    ·       Detailed methodology and timing of farming practices to maximize efficiency and quality: planting, pruning, training, suckering/thinning, leafing, crop adjustments and canopy management

    ·       Manage vineyard issues including insect and animal pressures, disease, virus, and nutrient deficiencies

  • ·       Site selection assessment: suitability for winegrowing

    ·       Site preparation advice according to soil composition, analysis and structure

    ·       Guidance through critical decisions: varietal, rootstock, massale selection/ clones, spacing, trellising system, row orientation

    ·       Planting protocols including best practices for optimal success

  • ·       Winter pruning teaching the traditional French Dezeimeris/Poussard method

    ·       Green pruning seminars each spring (shoot thinning/suckering).