The winners: Pruning Festival 2024
Matteo Finezzo from Verona is the best Italian vine pruner. He is the winner of the 2nd Italian Pruning Festival, the contest created and organised by Simonit&Sirch Vine Master Pruners: ore than 100 competitors competed at Agricola San Felice di Castelnuovo Berardenga in Chianti Classico. The best team was the Largoni Boys, i.e. Marco Cecchetto, Nikolas Marson and Marco Gregoris from the Giorgio Cecchetto winery.
Pruning Festival 2024
Tuscany’s Chianti Classico will host the Pruning Festival 2024, conceived and organised by Simonit&Sirch. The appointment is on 16 March 2024 in San Felice, Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI), with the Pruning Contest. The Festival will be preceded on 15th March by the Technical Conference “Vine and Water: Sustainable Design”
3D2Cut: AI for pruning by Simonit&Sirch
Since 2019 we have been developing an AI device with the aim of providing pruners with a tool that can help them work better and ensure pruning quality
Pruning Schools are back
Vine Master Pruners Academy becomes Simonit&Sirch Academy. And with online courses, the Pruning Schools are back.
Vine surgery school
A 3-day full-immersion to learn vine surgery, the innovative technique to save the vine plant from esca disease.
There are two dates to attend: October 2 to 5, 2023, or October 16 to 19, 2023
Vinitaly International Innovation 2023 Prize to Marco Simonit
The Vinitaly International Innovation 2023 Prize has been assigned to vine pruning master Marco Simonit.