Big turnout at Barossa Pruning Expo

More than 200 people attended the PIRSA Research Station in the Barossa on Wednesday, as grape growers and technical viticulturists gathered from across the Barossa and from Victoria, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley and The Riverland for the 2015 Barossa Pruning Expo. The visitors proved a cut above the local entrants in the pruning competition with Peter Clark, from the Taltarni Vineyards in Victoria’s Pyrenees taking out the Individual Rod &Spur; James Brooksby won the Individual Spur and the Annie’s Lane crew of Keith Zubrinich, Stephen McKenzie and James Brooksby won the Team Competition. It was a big day for Brooksby who took home the Wolf Blass Shield for the best combined result across the two pruning disciplines.