In article
>,
wrote:

> "The crummier the soil, the
> better the wine."
>
> Total myth.

Can I get a cite on that?
Fertile soil may give a large crop (good if yo are going to sell) but,
struggling vines set small grapes.

>
>
> On Jan 30, 9:41*pm, Wildbilly > wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> >
> > *fishziblu > wrote:
> > > I am just about to buy a parcel of land planted with a number of
> > > untrained table grape vines. I want to replant part
> > > of the land with wine grapes trained on trellises. I was made aware
> > > that if I remove the old vines I would need to
> > > let the soil rest before replanting can occur.
> >
> > > Should I let it rest and how long should I wait before replanting with
> > > the new?
> >
> > > Cheers
> >
> > I don't see any reason to rest the soil. The crummier the soil, the
> > better the wine. What is the root stock, if any? If the vines are
> > labrusca, pull and plant. If the scion wood is vinifera, whack it off
> > the root stock, and t-bud.
> > --
> > "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
> > merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/...rrestin...http
> > ://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/19/headlines
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/...ting_activists
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/19/headlines