Debudding

Now that the vines have really started to grow, I select which shoots to keep and then remove the rest. Everyone agrees that this is the worst job of the viticultural year. 30 seconds per vine… and I have ~15000 vines. Best bit is that when you finally finish you get to start all over again because the damn vines have grown some more unwanted shoots! Why are the vines planted so low anyway? My back is sore.

Current score is 4200 down, 10800 to go.