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referring to chemical components that are key to making high-end wines. “The single high wire can really perform in this climate.” Other growers have noticed similar re- sults. Bret Munselle, general manager of Munselle Vineyards in Sonoma County, has two smaller blocks of cabernet on sin- gle high wires, which he planted several years ago to save on labor costs. “We didn’t see hardly any sun damage on those vines,” Munselle said. With the high-wire trellises, he added, “you get dap- pled light throughout the canopy, but you rarely have direct sunlight for extended pe- riods on any one grape or bunch of grapes.” While some growers in Napa and Sonoma have moved away from VSP trellises in recent years, few have opted for the single high-wire system. “Locally, there’s not too many doing it,” Bevill said. Retraining vines into high-wire trel- lises can be done in 18 months without replanting, the researchers said, a rela- tively short timeframe for growers with decades-old grapevines. Yu, the Fresno State researcher, said he believes the benefits of the high-wire trellis for North Coast growers are so compelling that growers in the region will ultimately move toward that system or others that are similar. “They have to be adaptable in order to be able to keep farming,” he said. “Changing the trellis
Trials at a University of California, Davis, experimental vineyard in Oakville found that using higher trellis systems offered better protection for wine- grapes in extreme heat, while maintaining yield and quality.
good quality,” Bevill said. “But in blind tasting, it proved to be equal to or better than the other systems.” The growers likened the situation to the shift a couple decades ago from hand-picking to mechanical harvesting, which wineries initially shunned but eventually welcomed. “When we get into different trellis sys- tems, it becomes even more of a political issue, with different wineries accepting or not accepting new ideas,” Bevill said. “That’s the biggest challenge. It’s not the
grower—it’s the grower thinking, ‘Who am I going to sell this to?’” For now, Bevill and Munselle are forg- ing ahead. Bevill has already expanded his high-wire trellis acreage and plans to use it for some new plantings. Next year, Munselle will plant 40 more acres of cabernet on high-wire trellises, his biggest block yet. “I have pretty high hopes,” he said. (Caleb Hampton is an assistant editor for Ag Alert. He may be contacted at champton@cfbf.com.)
is the simple way to solve the problem.” For growers, setting up the trellises is only one piece of the puzzle. About half of Sonoma County’s winegrapes are grown by winemaking estates, with the other half farmed by growers who sell their grapes to wineries. “Where we are right now is convinc- ing our wineries that it’ll work for them,” said Munselle. In a high-dollar industry that puts a premium on locale and tradi- tion, North Coast growers have encoun- tered reluctance by some wineries to buy grapes grown in a style most associate with less prestigious wine regions. “There have been large wineries that simply didn’t believe that it would be
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