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Horseytalk.net Special Interview
Sébastien Riffault
This is a fair afternoon in early june, and Sébastien Riffault is completing the seasonal plowing on his Sancerre slopes. He is among the growing numbers of French growers who bring back the horse on the fields and the vineyards.
We may think that the last horses were replaced by tractors just after World War II but actually when you dig the question and ask around, there were still many draft horses in the vineyards until the mid 1960s ..... read more