Viticulture through the ages…
February 25th, 2010 | Posted by Kirk
Recent historical evidence suggests that the viticultural practice of leaf plucking (in order to enhance fruit exposure) may have originated in Italian orchards towards the end of the 15th century. However, despite images such as the above Titian painting, the practice of harvesting naked and of sending small children up the trees to reach the hard-to-get-at fruit is a theory that has now largely been discredited.
Andrew - Castro Martin, Spain
March 9, 2010
Is this painting the 15th Century equivalent of Spencer Tunick, or were they just doing it for fun?
Of course here in Galicia we use the pergola system of vine training, so the use of small children might be a viable alternative to reach those higher bunches!!!!