Woods Wine      

Backyard Vineyard Consulting

                  Finger Lakes and Western NY Regions
                       Ed Kwiek - Consultant/Owner

 

 

Woods Wine recommends the following wine related businesses and organizations:
  • Whether you want to learn about world wine regions or just get the "quick sip" on popular wine topics, the Rochester wine School has a class for you!  Click here: Rochester Wine School.
  • Want to join a Home Winemaker's Club in the Western NY Area?  Click here:  Rochester Area Home Winemakers.
  • For an independent consumer's guide to fine wines, check out::  eRobertParker.com
  • The Home Wine Committee is part of the Rochester Chapter of the American Wine Association.

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    Online Pruning Resources:

    Grape Pruning Information Sites:

    1. DesMoine Area Community College:http://www.dmacc.edu/programs/viticulture/video/pruninghwc.html

    2. Pruning Grapevines in Michigan:http://web1.msue.msu.edu/vanburen/e-1935.htm

    3. Pruning & Canopy Mgt, Dr. Gail Nonnecke, ISU:http://viticulture.hort.iastate.edu/info/pdf/prunecanopy.pdf

    4. Wine Training Techniques, Wine Doctor.com:http://www.thewinedoctor.com/advisory/technicaltraining.shtml

    5. Pruning For Crop Load Management ppt., Washington State Universityhttp://winegrapes.wsu.edu/Pruning_CropLoad.pdf

      6. Pruning Grapes to The 4-Arm Kniffen System, New Mexico State Univ:http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_h/h-303.pdf

    7. Pruning Grapevines, Reiman Gardens, ISU:http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/RG502.pdf

    8. Pruning Grapevines, Ed Hellman, Texas Cooperative Extension:http://winegrapes.tamu.edu/grow/pruning.html

    9. Pruning & Training, Chapter 6, Mid-Atlantic Grape Growers Guide:http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/resources/winegrape/ag535-2.pdf

    10. Pruning & Training, Chapter of the Midwest Grape Production Guide: http://ohioline.osu.edu/b919/0008.html

    11. Basic Pruning of Backyard Grapevines, Ohio State Univ.:http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1428.html

    12. Training & Trellising Grapes for Production, Washington State University: http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb0637/eb0637.pdf

    13. Pictorial Guide of Pruning Dechaunac, Delaware and Cayuga & Years Growth: http://www.honeyflowfarm.com/grapeproject/grapeproject.htm

    14. Pruning, Training & Canopy Management of Grapevines in the Midwest, Kentucky State Univ. ppt, Excellent:http://www.uky.edu/Ag/NewCrops/vinemanagement_files/frame.htm

    Selected “FREE” Online Grape Pruning Videos:

    1. Master Gardener Chuck Engels of Univ. of CA Extension showing the differences between cane & spur pruning, shoot thinning and leaf pulling of table grapes, 5 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JOTRbUodQw

    2. Winegrape spur pruning on old established Vertical Shoot Positioned (VSP) vines with battery operated hand pruners in the Margaret River winegrape region of Washington state, 3:42 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GMCgeRrrcs

     3. Pruning Vignoles on VSP at Jowler Creek Winery in Missouri, 3 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ODWr02zfhU

    4. Pruning Norton Cynthiana at Jowler Creek Winery in Missouri, 2008, 5:23 min. : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPE7UICamgg

    5. Spur pruning cold climate grapes growing on a VSP system by the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program, 6:18 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1vZHwrp8H0

    6. Spur pruning Concord grape vines growing on a single high wire by the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program, 5:19 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnibuXSfEHc

    7. Medocino County, California Grape Pruning Contest, 1:06 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrzz6MH7iw

    8. Pruning video from DMACC by Randall Vos, 4-08, 9 min.: http://www.dmacc.edu/programs/viticulture/video/pruninghwc.html

    9. Pruning Grape Vine - High Cordon Trellis 3-6-09 – Ohio State Univ:

    a. 3:31 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZvaReI5vr4

    b. 7:01 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEat6g7j_gg&feature=related

    c. 3:53 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZD94ZXOrC8&feature=related

    10.Results of Proper Pruning of Grapes, 3:05 min. 1-5-09 - Michel White: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M&feature=related

    11. Two bud spur pruning Pinot noir growing on VSP on the Dutton Ranch in Sonoma County, CA, 7:28 min.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPXX4T3-JDo

    12.EXCELLENT set of 3 Cold Climate Pruning "Macro Media Breeze" presentations by Fritz Westover, former Viticulture Research Associate at Virginia Tech University:

    a. Grape Vine Anatomy & Vine Balance:http://breeze.ag.vt.edu/westover1/

    b. Selecting Fruitful Wood & Balanced Pruning:http://breeze.ag.vt.edu/westover2/

    c. Cold Climate Pruning Strategies: http://breeze.ag.vt.edu/westover3/

    Two Commercial Grape Pruning Videos You May Want to Consider

    There are also several commercial pruning videos for sale on the market. Two that I am familiar with and suggest considering would include:

    1. Proper Methods for Pruning Grapevinesby Lon Rombough, author of The Grape Grower, A Guide to Organic Grape Growing, $28.50 within the U.S. and $33 outside the U.S.: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html

    2. Learn to Prune Instructional Videoby John Marshall of Great River Vineyard in Lake City, MN. This video sells for $35.95 Plus $5 for S & H. It is available Online here: http://www.greatrivervineyard.com/

     

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