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People in Valais have always drunk their wine uncut Valais producers have a taste for competitions To fight mildew, the vines were sulphated with a broom Before 1850, the vineyard looked like a forest of vines Wine is drunk like water until the mid-20th century The brisolée is born with the harvest Men prune, women deleaf New mothers drank up to one litre of warm wine a day Pigs wandered among the vines in the Middle Ages The Grand St Bernard chanoines drank in secret In the 18th century, egg whites were used to clarify red wine Wine was a good way to poison your enemies Early travelers were fascinated by Valais wines Industry killed the vines in Monthey Before the 20th century, there were practically no vines in Savièse Saxon, always a balance between grapes and apricots Amigne and Humagne did not arrive with the Romans
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Pigs wandered among the vines in the Middle Ages

Before 1820 it was common for pigs and sheep to wander freely in Valais vineyards, which are spread out at the time, often bordered by fields that hold animals. The vineyards are a natural place for the animals, especially in communes that have little grazing land.
A ban on letting animals graze in the vineyards is issued in 1820, prompting an outcry. Communes fail to see how it can be legitimate to stop such an ancestral right. For them, this land use has always been admissible and doesn’t bother the neighbours. In addition, sheep don’t in any way disturb work in the vines because they eat only useless vegetation. But in the end, 12 July 1821, the Diet legislates: “The leaves of the vine, which fall when they are shaken, are a nutritive substance for the following season, thus the Diet pronounces and declares that circulation in the vineyards must end.”

Sourced from
BUCHARD Cristina, « Animaux dans les vignes : adieu veau, vaches, cochons » in Histoire de la Vigne et du Vin en Valais : des origines à nos jours, Sierre-Salgesch, Musée valaisan de la Vigne et du Vin, Gollion, Infolio, 2009.

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