January 15-16 2026

Vine Pruner Advanced – Santa Cruz Pruning School Guyot in Spanish

Location: Neely Wine, 575 Portola Rd, Portola Valley, CA 94028
Training system: Guyot
Winter session: January 15-16, 2026
Spring session online class: the link to the spring session will be emailed 10 days before the effective day of the online class.

Language: Spanish
Practical classes will be exclusively in Spanish

Winter Session

1st day, January 15th

• 8:30 AM: Meeting and Call for the participants
• 9:00 AM: Theoretical Lesson on Principles of the Simonit&Sirch Pruning Methodology
• 12:30 AM: Break
• 01:30 PM: Practical session in the vineyard
• 04:30 PM: end of the day

2nd day, January 16th

• 8:30 AM: Meeting and Call for the participants
• 9:00 AM: Theoretical Lesson on Principles of the Simonit&Sirch Pruning Methodology
• 12:30 AM: Break
• 01:30 PM: Practical session in the vineyard
• 04:30 PM: end of the day

Spring Session

The Spring Session will be done through an Online Class, the duration will be 2 hours, this time can change according to the amount of Q&A during the class.

The link to the Spring Session will be emailed 10 days before the effective day of the Online Class.

Info

For all pruners, there is no bad or good weather, but only good or bad equipment. So come equipped to work in all weather conditions.
Be prepared with appropriate clothing for the season: rainwear, rubber boots and a change of shoes. Don’t forget to bring functioning pruning shears, work gloves and goggles.

For information: info@simonitesirchacademy.com

Enrollments will be accepted depending on availability.

The cost of the course will only be refunded if the minimum number of participants is not reached.