After the collapse of the trellising last year due to the bumper crop, I decided to build a pergola to support the vines. At roughly 6 metres by 6 metres there was no way to buy a kit that would be suitable so I designed my own using roofing beams and heavy duty fence posts. Here it is in all its glory on a beautiful but very cold sunny morning:
The top beams are higher than the previous wires so unfortunately the vines can’t quite be tied high enough. They will have to hang underneath this year and I’ll re-train some shoots to grow over the top the following year.
Time to wait for the end of winter now before the vines start to burst back into life.