Tom Troiano wrote:I'm sure really smart people have spent a lot of time on this but with PRD I find it somewhat hard to believe that once the water enters the dirt half is irrigated and half is not. My experience playing with dirt and water is different.
I would say this is all irrelevant in France and that is why the wines are spectacular about 50% of the time. Truly great wine can only be made in marginal climates IMHO.
Fredrik L wrote:I asked an Aussie winemaking friend of mine to comment on these issues. Excuse his somewhat lowbrow language, but here we go:
ABA: "If you prune the vines to give a modest yield, then, irrespective of flowering conditions, they should balance out vegetative growth and fruit development naturally. Honestly, you don’t need this shit."
RDI: "The other name for RDI is “irrigation for dummies”. A vineyard owner/manager should know his vines well enough not to over water. This is lazy, big company viticulture. Naturally, RDI has been very popular in Australia. It was developed by, amongst others, my viti lecturer at Roseworthy, Peter Dry."
PRD: "See previous comments. Again, Peter Dry was involved with the development. Irrigation is a very useful tool in viticulture, but some people are always drawn to turn these techniques into dogma. Heaven forbid that we should just let nature take its course and live with the consequences, for better or for worse. Why not grow grapes in an environment with sufficient natural rainfall?"
FWIW!
Greetings from Sweden / Fredrik L
Paul Winalski
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:16 pm
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Fredrik L wrote:RDI: "The other name for RDI is “irrigation for dummies”. A vineyard owner/manager should know his vines well enough not to over water. This is lazy, big company viticulture. Naturally, RDI has been very popular in Australia. It was developed by, amongst others, my viti lecturer at Roseworthy, Peter Dry."
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