This is an instructional video on the process in spur-pruning grapevines.

This is a primer for those learning to spur prune.

Amelia Ceja takes a Brix (Sugar) reading of Ceja Vineyards' Carneros Chardonnay vineyard using a refractometer.

It was almost harvest time at O'Vineyards when I filmed this so we were tasting the grapes hoping that they'd be sweet and mature enough to send to the lab for some official results.

The 3rd-leaf Tempranillo vines at Blue-Merle Vineyard have undergone 85% veraison. Most of the berries have turned purple. It's time to pick a representative sample...

Hint, leave lots of slack & cut rows of net up to 20% longer than what you think you need.

Dick Cooper is known as the "Godfather of Barbera" in Amador County. His winery Cooper Vineyards located at 21365 Shenandoah School Road, Plymouth, Ca. 95669 has consistantly won awards for its Barbera wines.