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date: 08 February 2025

cut cane, 

Source:
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Author(s):
Richard SmartRichard Smart, David SchildknechtDavid Schildknecht

viticultural technique designed to increase the sugar concentration in almost-ripe grapes. The term originated in Australia, where this technique is typically used to produce sweet wines, but it is apparently also used occasionally for dry red wines, for example, by Bertani in the Veneto, and even for Spätburgunder in Germany, even though it is illegal there. By cutting the canes almost at the time of ... ...

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