Vineyard Services
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· 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
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· 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
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· 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
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· Winter pruning teaching the traditional French Dezeimeris/Poussard method
· Green pruning seminars each spring (shoot thinning/suckering).