Vin Archives - Heart & Hands Wine Company https://dev.heartandhandswine.com/tag/vin/ Premium Finger Lakes Wines - Pinot Noir & Riesling Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:48:59 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Reinforcements! https://dev.heartandhandswine.com/reinforcements-have-arrived/ Mon, 21 May 2012 12:41:14 +0000 http://wptest.heartandhandswine.com/?p=16993 Some replacement vines have arrived.  Occasionally, a vine is struck by the tractor or just doesn’t seem to perform like the surrounding vines and needs to be replaced.  These vines are marked in the Fall and are ordered from the nursery.  Once we are in...

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]]> replantVinesSome replacement vines have arrived.  Occasionally, a vine is struck by the tractor or just doesn’t seem to perform like the surrounding vines and needs to be replaced.  These vines are marked in the Fall and are ordered from the nursery.  Once we are in the clear of any additional frosts for the season, we have the vines shipped out from the nursery.  Next, we break them out of their packaging and let them rest in the barrel room to keep them cool and out of the sun.  The roots need to be watered multiple times a day in this state.  Once we are ready to plant, we’ll place the vines into buckets of water to allow them to have one last opportunity of a good drink before they go into the ground.  The matching clones are chosen for the rows we are working with and, with a shovel, we remove the old vine and replace it with the new.  Lastly, we give the vines a little shot of water so it will be able to have a good start on firing up the shoots for the season.

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