Grapevine Renovation

We picked up a grape plant somewhere about 5 years ago, long before the pergola was built. It sat around for a week or two in a pot, then my husband stuck it in the ground *right* at the base of our biggest apple tree. Well, it stayed alive, which was his objective, but it also shot right up that apple tree like nobody's business and got hopelessly entangled. It was waving out above the tallest branches by a good foot or two.
So we've been arguing for a few months now about what should be done. He wanted to save the grape. I didn't mind saving the grape, but wanted to save my apple tree. He thought he could untangle the vine from the tree and save both. I thought that the attempt would probably cause enough trauma to kill both.
So this is our compromise - we cut the vine off about 8-12' off the ground, at whatever point it became entangled badly enough to preclude extraction without injury. We bundled the vines together and secured them every foot or two with an old ripped up tshirt. Then we routed the whole mess away from the tree and up the pergola, and secured it with more ripped up tshirts.

So now we'll see!