Changes to be Made to Vine Pruning by René Lafon

Changes to be Made to Vine Pruning is Rene Lafon's classic work on Poussard pruning, published in English for the first time.

Lafon's text sat almost forgotten for close to a century before being rediscovered in recent decades, and it has since become central to the pruning revolution now under way in vineyards around the world. His argument, which directly contradicts a good deal of modern thinking on wood disease, has lost none of its force. This hardcover edition from Ex Vinum publishing carries Robert Walters' fully annotated translation alongside the original French, with 120 footnotes, more than 60 retouched photographs and illustrations, a foreword by the French pruning consultant Francois Dal and an extended introduction placing the work in historical and modern context.

This is a book for growers, viticulturists and anyone who prunes vines for a living, and for readers interested in how a lost piece of viticultural science came back into practice. Dal called the translation a gift to English speakers passionate about viticulture.