Get your trellis installed the first year

It is important to get your trellis system installed right after planting your vines.  Why?  First of all, there is a small window of time in the spring in the grape-growing season when things are not yet as busy as they are going to get further on into the season.  This is the perfect time to actually get a hold of any contractors you may want to help you with the trellis.  Schedules tend to be still open and flexible.  As the season heats up and contractors get booked-up and busy they are less available to come when you want them.  Meanwhile, your vines are growing and as they get taller they will have no where to go except to fall on the ground.  This makes grape hoeing, cultivating, spraying and any of your other essential ongoing maintenance extremely difficult to perform.  I have seen vineyards still without a trellis system in August and things are usually a mess.  By installing your trellis right after planting you will save yourself  headaches and money in your vineyard.