Left: a grape mill; right: a wine press; fabricated by German enterprises.

Brienne: Working on the rows of vines using a “Wine Plow.”

Sarata: a wine growing master in front of his shelter; usually hired by several vineyard owners for the harvest period.

Schabo: estate of Mrs. Berta Büxel, shown here with barrels furnished by traders for transporting wine.

Grafting of grapes using the English copulation method (“plugs”), here with a “tongue cut:” a) rootstock grape b) “noble” grape variety, c) tongue cut, d) joining of the two parts.

Schabo: developmental shrub attained by repeated cutting back of year-old wood to two to three “eyes.” Right: reproduction via branching. Left: the development type “Hasmani.” Top, left: Model of a planting pole with fork-like grips made of wood, and a screwed-on iron pole. The pole was rammed into the ground by using one’s foot to push down on it.

Schabo: Wine Tasting. Left to right: an assistant, Jean Tevenaz, Georges Girod and Arnold Laurent.

Tarutino: processing grape Süßmost [as yet unfermented grape juice] at the Karoline Röder estate (1932).

Lichtental: Production of grafted grapes (Heimatmuseum Archive)

Schabo: wine press room at the Adolf Kaltz estate. In the foreground, the grape mill, flanked by the three presses.

Schabo: hydraulic press in the press room of Mrs. Berta Büxel.

Schabo: wine cellar of Jean Tevenaz. (Photo obtained from Dr. h.c. Ernst Zeugin, Switzerland)

Schabo: the final third of the wine cellar of Frank Büxel; left: the water pump; right: the wine pump. (Heimatmuseum Archive)