The enrolments for Simonit&Sirch – Italian School of Vine Pruning are open. Thirteen are the regional offices where the training–ground for vinegrowers is scheduled. Courses start in November.
It is already possible to enroll in the courses of the Italian School of Vine Pruning that from November to February will interest as many as 13 Italian regions.
The School of Simonit&Sirch will be present in the most prestigious Italian wine growing areas, with 13 permanent locations and Tutors of pruning, which are part of Team of Marco Simonit. The school is attended by many people and has collaborations with leading Italian universities and research institutes.
The goal of the School of pruning is to teach the foundations on which the Simonit&Sirch method of branched vine pruning is based. It is a method that:
– enables the plant to grow with age, to occupy space with its trunk and branches;
– ensures the continuity of the lymphatic flow;
– performs small cuts on the young wood, minimally invasive;
– uses the technique known as "of respectable wood" for drawing away the withering from the main flow of the lymph.
«The results of proper pruning and a careful management of green can be clearly seen during the harvest. Vines pruned according to our method – Marco Simonit says – give healthiest, consistent, of better quality grapes, easier to pick up even in years of difficult harvest like 2014. In effect, since plants are balanced, they have a more uniform ripening, which this year has made all the difference, especially in the North, which has faced more than the other areas of the peninsula well–known problems of weather».
The 2014/2015 courses will interest as many as 13 Italian regions: Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige, Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Campania, Sicily, Tuscany. The thirteenth seat will be in Sardinia, in the province of Cagliari.
For whom the school is The school is open to everyone: professionals, technicians, students, or just lovers of nature.
Duration 4 days of lessons for a total of 32 hours of training.
When Lessons will be held between November 2014 and February 2015 for the winter pruning, and in May 2015 for the green pruning.
Topics of the course The first 3 days are devoted to the theory and practice of branched pruning on the forms of farming with short and long cutting with lessons of anatomy, morphology and pathology of vines. Then, there will be the practice in the vineyard with the team of Simonit&Sirch with individual training for the participants. The fourth day will be held in the spring of 2015 for the management of green works. Those who will attend the lessons in winter and in spring and will pass the final test, will receive a certificate of attendance.
In the program, there are also exercises for your back, neck, arms, hands to do before and after work, studied specifically for the movements that a trimmer does «because – Marco Simonit says – to take care of the vineyards, we must first take care of our bodies. So we decided to focus the training in the vineyard also on the well–being of the vineyard pruner».
Dates and programs in detail on the website www.simonitesirch.it, where you can also make online registrations.
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