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I am planning a little expansion into some Cab Franc this coming year. I will be adding 50 vines of clone 1 to my hobby vineyard. I have a nice site with a sandy soil here in the CT river valley. I am in zone 6B on the new USDA zones. I am wondering if it is worth the effort to hill these up for protection in the winters or not. A commercial vineyard about 30 miles north hills up(zone 6A), and some about 40 miles south do not(zone 6B but closer to the 7A line than I am). I have a few Riesling vines that I have never had an issue with, and which I do not protect for winter. I was just wondering if anybody in a similar zone in the northeast had thoughts on what they do.