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Chardonnay grapes just before picking

Anton Pie and his son Sergi have been kind enough to let us follow them all year to keep track of work in the vineyards month by month. Anton is currently president of the local cooperative cellar in Vila-Rodona, and over the last fifteen years has been instrumental in the drive to modernise the cooperative.

The following pages show the main day to day activities in the vineyards, and should give you a clear idea of what goes into producing the wines available at El Celler Català.

In approximate calendar order, main activities are:

January Pruning
February Pruning
March Pruning
Fertilising
Planting
April Spring Ploughing
Grafting
May Repairing trellises
Oidium treatment
Training new vines
Summer Pruning
June Summer Pruning
Machine Pruning?
Grafting part II
Sulphur Dusting
July Trimming...
Cochylis Treatment
Summer ploughing
Training new vines II
August Ancient and Modern
The Verema (picking)
September Picking Ull de Llebre
October Last day of the harvest
November After the harvest...
December Fertilising



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