Burgundy is always a vulnerable wine region in spring. Early heat such as in 2024 could be dangerous. The vines then sprout early and are vulnerable to night frost until late May. In the vineyards of Savigny Les Beaune we meet a team of hard workers who prune and tie up the vines and we are of course there to learn all about the dangers of early spring.
The vines are regularly pruned during this period to allow only one offshoot on the trunk to survive the grapes. That is a labor-intensive job and this young lady leads a brigade of workers who are hired to do this time-consuming job. There are many smaller winemakers in Burgundy who do not have the staff to do all this themselves, hence the help of these pruners.
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Here we do it like this and then like this....Then we leave two offshoots and then we tie them to the iron wire. Well, it's a bit warm at the moment, right? Yes...... Risky? Well, yes, that is risky if the sticks sprout and then night frost comes! That's quite risky for a number of domains. They then tie up their sticks a little later, so that the sap flows start a little later. And if frost comes, the sticks will suffer less damage.
Okay, dangerous because it's still very early in the season, right? We are here on the 22nd of March...Yes, the 20th or 21st of March. Yes, that is very early, not a bit too early? Because then it will remain too warm at night? Ohh, at night I didn't exactly move. But as long as it doesn't go below zero, then it's normally not that dangerous.
Which wine estate are you from? from Savigny Les Beaune? We are here for the work/performance, we are not from here, we perform hired work. And we now work in Savigny Les Beaune and also on the Côte Chalonnaise. So you're not part of a family business? Yes, we also have our own domain, but this is not ours. And how does that work? you have been hired?
In fact, we have a vineyard work company. We employ people who do this work and ultimately we work for multiple domains. That is a completely different profession than winemaker. Well it's a bit the same, but we don't grow this for our own vineyards. We only do the work......
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