Suckering involves removing (by hand) all the non-fruitful shoots that have developed on the vine stock

Here we can very clearly see the sucker to remove on the trunk, at the bottom of the vine. On the other hand, the shoot that has grown beneath the vine can be kept here, even if it is non-fruitful. The idea would be to rely on it to reshape the vine the following year. The left arm of the vine will then be sawn off. On this occasion, the suckers in the centre of the vine are also removed. Suckering requires experience and sound judgement. Removing all unnecessary shoots, certainly, without ever losing sight of the perpetual need to reshape the vine. Otherwise, the vine has an annoying tendency to keep stretching out...