Is my vine dead?

Last year, I bought a 'hardy' grape vine. I got three bunches of grapes from it and it grew on three horizontal canes. I haven't pruned it at all but its showing no signs of life - everything else in the garden is coming out. SHould it have done something by now?

 

Hi Essexgardens, it is probably just fine, my outdoor grape is just begininng to bud.

 

Phew!Evrything else is coming on well but nothing from the vine. I'll have to talk to it a bit more!

 

Vine's are late to bud. One thing you can do is get a knife and peel some of the top bark back and see if its green underneath If its green your ok.

 

Its going great guns now - it seemed to come from nowhere. Even got little flower bunches forming. Now to consider that home winemaking kit.........