If a fire rages merciless through a vineyard, does that mean it’s curtains for that vineyard, or is regeneration still possible?

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If a fire rages merciless through a vineyard, does that mean it’s curtains for that vineyard, or is regeneration still possible?

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Depends on how badly the woody crown of the vines is affected.

Some of the vines may need to be ripped out. Depending on the grower, they may just replant the whole affected section.

You can also regraft with cuttings from other vines, if the crowns aren’t too badly scorched which grapevines are almost always grafted onto a hybrid rootstock which provides them with disease and pest resistance.