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Wintertime Vineyard Update
Posted: Feb 1, 2020
With the vines dormant, things look pretty quiet in the vineyard during the winter, but there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to ensure the quality of next year’s vintage. One of the major tasks undertaken by our vineyard crew is pruning both of our vineyards. Our pruning program requires that our vineyard crew passes two times through the vineyard. The initial pruning clears out all the tall canes and brush, leaving just the two main shoots of the vines. As the weather warms, our crews will go back out into the fields a second time for the critical final prune cut. The final pruning cut is a very important task that helps set up the crop size on each vine for the year ahead. Our crews will shorten the number of buds on each vine with the hope that each bud that we leave behind will produce a couple of grape clusters come spring.
![Beckmen jorge pruning winter 2020](https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1375&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=2200&s=76bb9f154bfb36d0dad056d853e4bec2 2200w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1250&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=2000&s=ba09b0c2c4dbf5ac79efbaeacdf6b80f 2000w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1125&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1800&s=98b9fdb17f9a143438c5aa8bcada1af1 1800w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1000&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1600&s=6d15f81ef921aa7cdf848e432c4f82a5 1600w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=812&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1300&s=5c819170432f63c6e0596842eeb94b2d 1300w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=687&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1100&s=64d9522e98a7ab15fbffa2ca99f18cc3 1100w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=562&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=900&s=3a9395cd4f3943171f493212f7eb07b7 900w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=500&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=800&s=32253dd2da7703588bba2ebe3cafeefc 800w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=375&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=600&s=3ff46b651db01d06f8ec0c889a15e6dc 600w, https://beckmen.imgix.net/general-images/beckmen-jorge-pruning-winter-2020.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&domain=beckmen.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=250&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=400&s=c5ceff173e669419a60837dc51245ecd 400w)
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Some would question why is it necessary to make two passes instead of one? By delaying our final cut for pruning, we lessen the time the open cuts are exposed to potentially damaging bacteria and fungi that can infect the wood. While a lot of other factors will determine what our final crop size will be, pruning is the first step in setting the stage for a successful 2021 vintage.
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The vineyard is also extremely green this time of year due to the cover crops which we plant in December. At Purisima Mountain Vineyard, not every block gets a cover crop every year, but it is done now in a rotation with a block being planted with cover crops every 3 – 5 years depending on the block. When we do not plant a cover crop, the natural grasses and other winter plants are allowed to grow, promoting more diversity and bringing more biodiversity to the farm. We do this at Thomas and Judith Beckmen Estate Vineyard by planting every other row with cover crops each season.
Cover cropping is an important part of biodynamic farming as it allows us to provide a natural means of fertilization for our soils. Our cover crop is a mix of grass and legumes that include climbing peas, vetch, and beans. The legumes have nitrogen fixing nodules on their root systems which naturally improves the health of our soil. We will allow these to keep growing until they start to flower.
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After flowering, we will mow each row and then run a disc to incorporate the beneficial, organic plant materials into the soils. Other benefits from cover crops are that they help reduce soil erosion — especially on the steep slopes at Purisima Mountain — and improve soil moisture.
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Winemaking is a year-round cycle and just because the vines are dormant doesn’t mean that we can take a break as winegrowers. So even though things look quiet, we are already hard at work creating the 2021 vintage.