Studies over the globe have shown that mechanical pruning, among other management processes of the vine, are suitable for obtaining vineyards well trained and stands with grape quality equivalent or superior to those conducted under manual handling, specially, with the economy of man power and financial capital. Information about the pruning techniques that directly influence the canopy ecophysiology, grape composition and quality of grape and its by-products are available for traditional manual handling, but are scarce for a mechanized conditions, in Brazil. An experiment was conducted with Vitissp. and Vitis vinifera aiming to study the impact of initial adoption of mechanical pruning, on the grape composition, quality and sensory profile of wines produced in the experiment. The results showed that the application of mechanical pruning in traditional vineyards caused small fluctuations in the quality of grapes, in two analyzed seasons.
Viticulture; grape; mechanization
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