What's your most valued vineyard tool?

From: Wines & Vines | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

We asked a few vineyard owners and vineyard managers what they considered the most important piece of vineyard equipment that has been developed in the past 25 years. What piece of equipment not only made their job easier but led to better quality grapes. Most answered by saying, first of all, that the people in the vineyard were more important than any piece of machinery. However, when pressed, the following equipment got the call.

Andy Beckstoffer, Owner, Beckstoffer Vineyards, St. Helena, Calif.

In the past 25 years, how we've achieved vineyard quality is on the back ...

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