Pruning at CZ continued

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Today I went out to the CZ Vineyard. First we went down to the cellar where his wine was still undergoing the fermentation process. Cliff had already added fining agents to the vats that needed it (milk powder, ect). However, two white vats were still cloudy, so he added a few oz of bentonite and mixed it in with a cool propeller-type rod. So hopefully the particles will settle out of suspension and the wine will be clear within a few days. Next, we went out into the vineyard to do some more pruning. It was much easier to prune these vines than the ones at the annex vineyard. We got through the top row and then decided to try out using the handheld computer database. We walked down the second row and recorded the distance from the first post each vine was using a measuring tape along the ground. I typed the row, the distance, the vine type, and the year it was planted and the computer program recorded its exact location based on the location of the starting post. After that, we continued pruning along another row using the spur pruning technique this time.