Wednesday, July 11th, 2007...9:51 am
Slow growth
After the last pruning and due to the lack of rain and now cold weather growth is very slow.
The vine leaves seem to be very discoloured and translucent and I hope we have not put them under too much strain this time. I decided to cut the spurs right back short but from what I can see the Pinot Noir prefers to grow from 4 bud spurs. I took a few pictures of the Pinot Noir a few weeks ago now.
The Chardonnay I think is very upset with the short pruning and we perhaps will consider exfoliating instead next time for these vines rather than biannual pruning. The growth is particularly weak and we may not have the best buds for fruiting. I am not sure if the vines are objecting to a biannual pruning or if they prefer the longer spurs that we left them with on last years biannual pruning .
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August 9th, 2007 at 12:00 am
I found your blog when researching Kenyan wineries after reading the Platters’ book. My wife and I may be in Kenya in early October; we are wine consumers and try to visit wineries wherever we go. Can I get an e-mail address sent to me (at the e-mail address I gave on the comment /reply entry) so I can enquire about the possibility of a visit? Thanks.
P.S. I noticed the link to Thackrey. We love his Orion and Pleaides.
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