Use sharp pruning shears to cut the vine off near the base, leaving about 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10 cm) of vine coming out of the ground.
This part of Tuscany is very different from the stereotypical view of cypress-clad hills striped with vines rippling off into an artistic haze.
This time of year, that means the workers are suckering vines — pulling off, by hand, tiny sprouts that might hinder the growth of healthy grapes.
The development in TV detail has also helped Vines take off with viewers able to pause and record live TV, meaning they can rewind matches should something of interest happen, record it, and upload the footage to the internet for all to see.
It was only in 1999, when the Philadelphia Horticultural Society gave it a Gold Medal Award, that the vine took off.
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Acquired by Twitter in 2012, Vine started off strong, becoming the No. 1 app on the iTunes App Store only six months after joining the company.
On the general consumer side, Twitter's Vine took off on the free charts and accumulated 13 million users as of a few weeks ago, while Instagram launched video last week.
It's taken stars who built their fame in still Instagrams, 6-second Vines and off-the-cuff Snapchat clips, and helped them shoot high-production four-minute YouTube videos.
The camera itself is very similar to Vine, boxing off the camera window against a grey background, and showing your progress bar (on the top instead of the bottom, but still).
