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Wine growers Working in a vineyard the pulling of the wood’
Wine growers Working in a vineyard the pulling of the wood’
So the vintners have no choice other than to extract them. This is a particularly trying task as the vine is a liana (creeper) and has the property to attach itself firmly to all the supports to which it has contact in the course of its growth. The vine growers have, therefore, to pull, pull and pull in order to extract them from the row of vines.
In the process the twigs are left on the ground, either haphazardly or in neat little piles. In the first case they are then usually crushed. This method is agronomically important as the wood of the vines gives back to the ground all the elements which it contains and which have been drawn out in the period of growth, be it mineral or organic elements. This is a natural method which allows the soil not to become too impoverished and so helps to limit the supplements of fertilizer or even organic materials. A large majority of the vine growers of the cooperative have opted for this method which respects the environment and is much encouraged in organic and reasoned agriculture.
A developing tendency is both the crushing of the twigs (sarments) and also the collection of them to use as a combustible material.
In the process the twigs are left on the ground, either haphazardly or in neat little piles. In the first case they are then usually crushed. This method is agronomically important as the wood of the vines gives back to the ground all the elements which it contains and which have been drawn out in the period of growth, be it mineral or organic elements. This is a natural method which allows the soil not to become too impoverished and so helps to limit the supplements of fertilizer or even organic materials. A large majority of the vine growers of the cooperative have opted for this method which respects the environment and is much encouraged in organic and reasoned agriculture.
A developing tendency is both the crushing of the twigs (sarments) and also the collection of them to use as a combustible material.
In this second case we are dealing with faggots. The vine grower has only to tie them into bundles with a string to have them ready for the barbecue of a delicious entrecôte grilled on the twigs (sarments) of the vine, accompanied with a Bordeaux red wine, of course, nothing more natural after so much effort.