In almost every case, however, the wineries ultimately benefited from the disaster by rectifying errors they had made and by taking advantage of the latest research on new grape clones, planting density and the compatibility between rootstocks and the vines grafted to them.
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He recently went into partnership with the Italian government to introduce a new genetic line of olive tree that will increase planting density by a full 50 percent, raising potential yield for a self-sustaining estate to more than $ 10, 500-worth of olives a year.
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At the Sonoma vineyard, the estate utilizes traditional Mediterranean viticultural practices, such as a vertical trellis for the vines, the choice of rootstocks that are more resistant to phylloxera and a planting density of 2 m x 1m ( 2, 000 vines per acre ).
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The INAO specifications demand the following production norms : a high planting density, a minimum of 6, 500 plants per hectare, and minimum of sugar, per litre of must, maximum base yield of 48 hectolitres per hectare, and a minimum alcohol by volume of 10 %.
