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Planting
Grafting
Pruning
Ploughing
Harvest
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Planting
The majority of young vineyards have been planted
on flat land, even though antiquity tells us that the reign of
Bacchus was in the hillside vines! Flat lands are more accessible,
allowing tractors to pass from row to row at ease. Flat land is
more fertile and it offers the chance of more grapes for less
work, however the quality of hillside grapes is almost always
superior.
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The rules to follow
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When is planted
Vine
planting takes place in January and February. Contrary to many
other vine growing regions non grafted root cuttings are predominantly
utilised in the Ciro' area. The Gaglioppo and Greco Bianco are
grapes that are very specific to this area and it would prove
almost impossible to find grafted root cuttings of this type.
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The drainage
The climatic conditions of the Ionian coast
deny the need of drainage within the vines, however, when the
rain occasionally arrives it does so fiercely. Roads become rivers
and the water forms deep gulleys in the hillside. On a steep unterraced
hillside it is necessary to plant a vine in the direction that
the rain water flows, otherwise the consequences are that the
vine will be uprooted.
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How a vine is planted
A hole of about 40- 50 cm deep is
made with a forked pole, next the wild vine is placed in the fork
and inserted in the hole. With the pole the soil is made compact
around the roots. Next the soil is gathered around the vine and
subsequently the vine is lightly covered with soil. A small cane
is placed by the vine as a marker. Alongside a vine pomigranites,
olive, almond, fig and kumquat trees are often planted.
How the barbatella
is prepared
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