Q: How many vines in house block Shiraz?This block is about 2 acres, very small block, that is why it is such an exclusive wines. There would be about 1600 vines in this block. On average, we expect pruners to prune about 50 vines in an hour, it takes a small group of pruners a day to get through this block. We normally prune in the winter time, when leaves have fallen off, and vines are dormant. Yes, absolutely, our peak pruning time is July and August, so as I said before, we are getting a bit late in the pruning season now, but we have still got plenty of time where these buds are still dormant.