Our vineyard services are designed to support growers who purchase our Certified Grapevines imported from France.
This new service is ideal for vineyards facing labour shortages or aiming to maintain their planting density without engaging in heavy manual operations.
Vitis-import offers a mechanical vine replanting service in Canada using an auger mounted on a mini-excavator. This technology, newly adopted in Europe, allows you to efficiently replace dead vines in an already trellised vineyard, without removing wires or performing manual work on the trellis system.
Saves time: up to 500–800 vines replanted per day
Technical advantages: The machine completes the entire operation in a single pass
Drills a precise hole at the targeted location
Automatically inserts the grapevine plant using a hollow tube
Installs a stake if required
Waters simultaneously if needed
Closes the soil with integrated blades
Mechanical interplanting, already widely used by vineyards in France, is now accessible through Vitis-import.
Winter damage is a recurring challenge for Canadian vineyards, from Quebec to British Columbia. Mechanical interplanting provides an efficient way to replace dead or weakened vines, most often caused by extreme cold temperatures but also by other types of damage, without disrupting the trellis structure. The machine adapts to all soil types, even stony soils, and allows deep planting (10–20 cm), giving young vines the best chance of survival.
With a capacity of 500 to 800 replants per day, vineyard managers can secure their production while minimizing downtime.
Vitis-import offers a complete GPS planting service, including mechanized installation of grapevines and end posts, ensuring precision and uniformity across the entire block.
