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Coonawarra Visit18th August 2008
i have just returned from a short trip to Coonawarra, and here are some of the early pictures of some of the different pruning methods I saw there. Over the next couple days, we will be looking at a few of the people and places we visited.
In order of apperance, we have the Coonawarra railway platform, and some of Bowen Estate's arch cane pruning method.
Here we have what I hope is yet to be pruned unknown vineyard, and some of the already pruned Katnook vines.
These are Redman's Shiraz vines and an old Wynn's bushvines.
The majority of Coonawarra vineyards are pruned by machine, as the large area planted and the shortage of a labour force mean it is almost impossible to manage without the help of mechanisation. Hand pruning still takes place, but most of the work is done by tractor and small teams then go through and clean up.
Flotsam of weeks past
Chestnut Hill Vineyard, Mt Burnett
5th August 2008
The Emperor's New Pinot11th July 2008
