Fence vine

"What do I like best about the vines? The grape harvest! It's a celebration! In a few years time, when we uproot these old vines (left), my employer will replant a new wire-supported vineyard: it lives longer and provides more space for a machine to pass. More height means fewer diseases and, because it is less dense, it is of better quality too ... there are only advantages!"

Jose Perreira, vineyard labourer, Yvorne, Vaud canton, Switzerland

in " Planting patterns ", p. 118