It’s cold, it’s windy, it rains and it has to be done, welcome to pruning. It’s what we do over winter knowing it has to be finished by bud burst, and finish it we did. Just in time as usual, mostly because we try to avoid the really wet days. It is also one of the most important jobs in viticulture, it establishes the new fruitful wood and gives you a chance to tidy up the vines, cutting out any gnarly bits of trunk and untidy crowns (the top of the vine just under the wire, which is shaped like a Y). It is the job I grumble about most but it is satisfying once it’s done. So now it is done I can feel justifiably satisfied.