What is Selection Massale? How grape vines are propagated.

Selection Massale is the French term for selecting the best vines in a vineyard and propagating them through cuttings. Here Emmanuel Pageot of Domaine Turner-Pageot in Gabian in Languedoc explains the technique. Emmanuel is planting “own-rooted” vines without American rootstock.

This is also called “franc de pied” in France or “pied franco” in Italy. Thanks to Sud de France for helping to make this possible.

See our entire series on rootstock here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_ITMl-6_q5CnMuLnzs-y5AR

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