These “super big” vines were planted in an Oregon vineyard earlier this year. Neil Hauff Imagine the labor savings if you could plant and establish a new vineyard without staking, tying, training, suckering, or using protective cartons or tubes for the young vines. A vineyard development consultant is doing just that, planting “super big” vines while claiming to save super big money. In the last few years, a handful of California and ­Oregon grape growers have begun planting tall—four to five feet—potted grapevines, a practice that started in Germany about 20 years ago, says Bill Henri of the Wm. Henri […]