Definition: Vine trellising

Checking the support material, stakes and trellises, driving them into the ground and replacing them if necessary. This work is carried out from mid-November to the end of March.

The vine stakes, often made of acacia wood, are called carrassons and carrassonnes. The carrassonnes support two wires for lifting, and the carrassons support one for bending. Maillage therefore refers to the maintenance of carrassons, carrassonnes, vine ends, abutments and supports (which hold the wires at the end of the row). The use of a mallet, a large double-headed hammer made of hard wood, is certainly the origin of the word maillage.