Canopy management

Canopy management
The canopy is the grape vine foliage. Canopy management employs techniques such as pruning and leaf thinning that balance shoot growth and fruit development to maximize the varietal character of the grapes.

Canopy management
This term describes the processes used in the care of the leaf canopy, such as pruning, trimming and leaf thinning.

Canopy management
Canopy management relates to the different processes used in the care of the leaf canopy such as thinning, pruning and trimming.

canopy management - viticultural techniques designed to manipulate the canopy to achieve a specific end, usually optimising the quantity of grapes and quality of wine ...

Canopy management
The viticultural techniques used to balance shoot growth and fruit development to maximize the varietal character of the grapes.

[edit] Canopy management A range of viticultural techniques applied in vineyards to manipulate the vine canopy. This is performed for vine shape, limiting direct sunlight and disease control, in order to create an optimal growing environment.

Moreover, Australians have innovated in canopy management and other viticultural techniques and in wine-making, and they have a general attitude toward their work that sets them apart from producers in Europe.

The variety is ferociously vigorous, with drooping canes and a tendency to grow lateral shoots, making canopy management a key issue in cooler areas. It is a generous yielding variety, so overcropping can also be a problem.

The wine comes in many styles, depending largely on canopy management or leaf pruning (shaded grapes make a "green," "grassy" style while grapes exposed to sunlight make a characteristically citric style) and whether the wine maker chooses to age ...

These in turn will affect choices in crop load, canopy management, harvesting, and pruning.

It is a vigorous variety in any climate, though, which requires the winemaker to trim and prune the vines and leaves so that the grapes are exposed to the sun. This is called 'canopy management.

The mini heatwave threatened acid balance in earlier-ripening Merlot and Pinot Noir in particular, though burning was largely avoided by careful canopy management. Cooler coastal regions and vineyards on deeper soils were largely unaffected.

See also: Canopy, Region, Grape, Wine, Vineyard