{"id":10849,"date":"2025-04-09T09:41:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateau-viaudiere.com\/?p=10849"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:09:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:09:54","slug":"la-taille-un-enjeu-majeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-viaudiere.com\/en\/la-taille-un-enjeu-majeur\/","title":{"rendered":"PRUNING, A MAJOR CHALLENGE !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the pruning season, which starts when the vine leaves have fallen, in late November, and lasts until the first buds appear in March.<\/p>\n<p>Pruning is done by hand, by expert pruners who know the rules, the different types of pruning and the stakes &#8211; and there are many. First of all, poor pruning means the risk of esca, the wood disease that causes vines to die. And secondly, pruning will determine the year&#8217;s harvest: what yield, more or less concentrated, sappy juice, for more or less structured wines.  <\/p>\n<p>But pruning is also one of the most interesting tasks of the year: vine by vine, we build the harvest and the wines to come. And it&#8217;s also a bit poetic: we choose a Guyot simple or a Guyot double angevin, a Gobelet or a Cordon de Royat&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>This is what our Vignerons d&#8217;un An are discovering at the moment, as they come to learn all the secrets of pruning and practice on their own vine stock. In the spring, and especially at harvest time, they will discover what their work has produced. <\/p>\n<p>A great gift for lovers of nature, vines and wine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-viaudiere.com\/en\/shop\/one-year-winegrower\/\">Vigneron d&#8217;un an at Ch\u00e2teau La Viaudi\u00e8re<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the pruning season, which starts when the vine leaves have fallen, in late November, and lasts until the first buds appear in March. Pruning is done by hand, by expert pruners who know the rules, the different types of pruning and the stakes &#8211; and there are many. 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