Sunday 24 July 2016

V is for Vines: a transformer in the vineyards

Ancient town walls and perfect vineyards.
The chateaux of Saint-Emilion with their manicured vineyards.

A transformer!

The vineyards we have been seeing are precision shaped. Immaculate except for the rambling roses along the verges, placed as early warning system for diseases.

Bruce was explaining the mechanisation behind these perfectly manicured vineyards when this giant of a tractor came into view.

Otherworldly, droll, and straight from the movies, I expected it to rise up, take arms, hold us to ransom and conquer the road we were on.