Work in the vineyard at Griffin Hill starts earlier than you might expect. The rains (and a rare snow - see photo) keep equipment out of the vineyard due to safety concerns, plus the need to protect the soil from getting churned up and compacted. The work this time of the year is all done on foot. Now is the time to pre-prune. As you can see in the photo, we've cut the canes down to 12". The reasons for this action are twofold. First, this allows for us to more quickly