We are currently busy with a very important operation in our vineyard - shoot thinning and suckering.This is the process by which the vines' shoots are thinned to produce better grapes. If during the growing phase all the shoots are left on board, the vine will suffer trying to grow all the foliage and will develop poor quality grapes. So in October the thinning and suckering operation is carried out to leave on the vine only two shoots per spur.