Articles & Case Studies – Page 3

Know your vines #5: The value of understanding fruit set https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_8420-1-e1562771492348.jpg 2000 1333 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png July 10, 2019 June 4, 2021

Know your vines #5: The value of understanding fruit set

In our Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on which metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the fifth instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” The value of knowing % Fruit Set After the buds have burst, flowering…

Know your vines #4: How to measure pruning weights https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-25-at-11.25.34.png 543 407 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png February 21, 2019 January 4, 2022

Know your vines #4: How to measure pruning weights

In our Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the fourth instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Mid winter pruning weights video with Matt Strugnell, Ridgeview Wine The onset of…

Know Your Vines #3: Why monitor dead or missing vines? https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SM3_v2-4.jpg 1920 1440 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png November 23, 2018 August 18, 2020

Know Your Vines #3: Why monitor dead or missing vines?

In our new Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the third instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Counting dead or missing vines for yield prediction, replanting strategy and…

Know Your Vines #2: How are pruning weights helping vineyard managers keep their vines healthy? https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-12-at-12.40.57.png 832 626 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png November 15, 2018 August 18, 2020

Know Your Vines #2: How are pruning weights helping vineyard managers keep their vines healthy?

In our new Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the second instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” What can we learn from pruning weights? “Pruning weights are the…

Know Your Vines #1: Soil Health in your Vineyard https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/InfiltrationRate150mm.jpg 1701 1276 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png November 2, 2018 August 18, 2020

Know Your Vines #1: Soil Health in your Vineyard

In our new Know your Vines blog series we will share practical tips on what metrics to monitor in your vineyard. This is the first instalment, stay tuned for more as the coming seasons unfold! “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Healthy soils are vital in an unpredictable climate and to drive profitability for…

Soil health in your vineyard: Do you know your earthworms? https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/earthworm-id-quiz.jpg 590 442 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png October 24, 2018 January 29, 2021

Soil health in your vineyard: Do you know your earthworms?

A resource created by Jackie Stroud, soil scientist at Rothamsted Research, also known as ‘The Worm Lady’! Did you know there are three different types of earthworms at work in your soil? Each type lives in a specific layer and performs a unique function which contributes to the soil’s health and therefore your vine’s health.…

Capturing Carbon on your Vineyard https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-21-at-12.02.42.png 659 353 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png August 23, 2018 August 18, 2020

Capturing Carbon on your Vineyard

“If you want to capture carbon, you have to think like carbon!” Check out this Short from Farmerama Radio, a podcast sharing the voices of smaller scale farmers, about Carbon Farm Plans and monitoring carbon from Charles Schembre at Napa County Resource Conservation District. Charles Schembre is a Soil Conservationist at the Napa County Resource Conservation District,…

The art and science of accurately predicting your vineyard yield https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_0012.jpg 1920 1440 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png August 14, 2018 August 18, 2020

The art and science of accurately predicting your vineyard yield

Why do crop estimates? Crop estimates are important for many reasons for both grower and winemaker. Growers want to produce high quality fruit to get the best price for their grapes, or if it’s for their own wine, then to get the best quality wine. Ideally, the grower really wants to get the best quality…

How to prepare for data collecting in your vineyard https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_3630.jpg 1920 1440 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png August 2, 2018 August 18, 2020

How to prepare for data collecting in your vineyard

Monitoring and analysing your vines helps to predict grape yield and when to harvest your grapes to get the highest quality. How many vines should I monitor? First you need to create a sampling plan which is clear and easy to manage – making sure it’s actually doable is the most important element. If it’s…

English Wine Week: Vineyards working for beauty, ecology and profitability https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/English-wine-week-card-1.png 560 397 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png June 1, 2018 August 18, 2020

English Wine Week: Vineyards working for beauty, ecology and profitability

For English Wine Week we want to highlight an important part of the growing English wine movement – the vineyards who are striving for a system which works with and for nature, not against it, without comprising the bottom line. These vineyards are stripping back at every stage of the winemaking process: from growing the…

Case Study: Graham Fisher – Bride Valley Vineyard https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_1308-7.jpg 1920 1440 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png May 3, 2018 August 18, 2020

Case Study: Graham Fisher – Bride Valley Vineyard

Bella and Steven Spurrier planted the first vines at Bride Valley Vineyard, Dorset, in 2009. They produce delicious English sparkling wines from their 10 hectares of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay grapes. It hasn’t been an easy ride but the chalky slopes of Dorset are perfect for the vines as they are now all…

The Vineyard Helpers https://vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-05-at-17.35.47.png 655 386 Sectormentor Sectormentor //vines.vidacycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vidacycle_sml-3.png April 5, 2018 August 18, 2020

The Vineyard Helpers

While keeping up-to-date with vineyards across the globe on instagram we’ve come across an array of very important vineyard assistants who keep watch, control pests & weeds and nurture the soil & vines. This is an ode to all the furry, feathery and invertebrate friends who call a vineyard home. The Vineyard Manager Bacchus…