{"id":7117,"date":"2016-09-21T15:24:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recaredo.com\/vinas-recaredo-labrado-a-caballo-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:21:20","slug":"horse-drawn-ploughing-at-recaredo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recaredo.com\/en\/horse-drawn-ploughing-at-recaredo\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse-drawn ploughing at Recaredo featured on TV3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya programme Glops <\/strong>recently paid a visit to Recaredo\u2019s<\/strong> vineyards to learn about the importance of animal traction. In Recaredo\u2019s vineyards, one finds a wide variety of animals: some that work there in harmony with the environment, and others that are part of the natural biodiversity. Recaredo<\/strong> started using horse-drawn ploughing in 2011 to reduce soil compaction and carbon dioxide emissions. This traditional way of working the land has many benefits, especially in old vineyards like Tur\u00f3 d\u2019en Mota<\/a>, planted in 1940.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe oldest vineyards were planted with the rows very close together, and that makes them very difficult to work with a tractor. They were planted with animal traction in mind, so if we want to recover an old vineyard, we also have to recover the practice of working with animal traction,\u201d<\/em> said Ton Mata<\/strong>, Recaredo\u2019s oenologist and technical director.\u00a0One of the advantages of this method is that the relationship it establishes between man, vine and horse allows for a deeper understanding of the state of the land and makes it possible to work the soil in a more precise, finer way.<\/p>\n