Definition: Tablar (or tablard)

In Switzerland, "culture en tablars" is the local term for the terraced cultivation of steeply sloping vineyards. Despite the construction of walls, erosion is significant. The soil must be regularly brought up by hand, but also with the help of monorails, funiculars, cable cars and sometimes even helicopters, which are also used to apply plant protection products and transport equipment and the grape harvest.