Today we tell you about a millenary wine growing practice that continues to this day besides the new technologies, the "acodo" layering; also known as "mugrón" or "morgón" in areas of La Rioja.

The vine plant, as a living being, has its life cycle and this sooner or later will come to an end. The layering, frequently used during the phylloxera period, is carried out for the substitution of death vines also called "faltas" and it consists in bending down to touch a hole dug in the ground (where the death vine was) at about 25 cm depth, a long-growing stem left from the past year and cover it with soil and some weight. Then the extreme will be pinned in place, the buried part of the stem will grow new roots and will become a new vine plant, that will be fed by its own roots and by the ones of its progenitor and as in all vegetative propagation will be a clone of the original.