OC: Vergenoegd Wine Estate, a small vineyard in South Africa, keeps the use of chemicals to a minimum with the help of a 900-strong army of ducks that make sure all the vines are always free of pests and snails.
One of the last things you would expect to see on a vineyard is a large group of ducks running around, quacking and looking or things to feast on. And yet that’s the sight you’re very likely to behold at Vergenoegd Wine Estate, in Stellenbosch, South Africa. A feathery army of 900 Indian Runner Ducks is unleashed through the grape vines two times a day – once at 9.45am and again at 3.30pm – and allowed to feast on any pests and snails they can find. Over the years, the ducks have become a tourist attraction of sorts and even have their own daily parade where visitors can watch them run to work. As you can see in the video below, it’s a pretty impressive sight. more
I reckon that place smells horrid.
I wish I was organized enough to keep my ducks in ONE row…
I imagine the wine has a special nose, kind of like those South American coffee beans that are fist passed through the digestive system an animal.
Of course, there also the California wines that come from grapes defecated on by Mexicans.
Nancy Pelosi hires only extremely short illegal aliens to work in her vineyard so they are not seen above the vines, thus spoiling the view.
When I was there, they were on their hands and knees weeding, or lying down between the rows giving birth.
But I didn’t head up to see what was going on in the rows by the highway.