The word "vines" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the long trailing stems of climbing plants that attach themselves to surfaces for support. Example: The garden was filled with vibrant green vines, winding their way up the trellis and over the fence.
More practical reasons suggest themselves for the success of Chilean wine: the central valleys boast rich alluvial soil, and the climate found between 28 and 38 degrees of latitude is perfect for the vines.
Classic Tuscan views of vines and, more importantly, the award-winning wine produced on the estate, will keep the adults happy, not to mention the location between the idyllic cities of Siena, Arezzo and Cortona.
At about 450 years old, the Old Vine has survived war, fire and pestilence, and still produces fat bunches of red Žametovka grapes (most vines slow down at the tender age of 40).
Almonds and vines and lawns drink up the last of shallow, short-term water then suck on the black depths with a draw mightier than the moon's.
For example, they discovered that one type of grape - carmenere - which was thought to have been killed off by phylloxera (insects that feed on grape vines) was actually still growing among Chilean merlot.
A stone fort built by the Spaniards in the 17th century, it has a river curling through its lush gardens, with steps carved out of roots and vines leading down to a plunge pool.
The total darkness, which has been broken only by the crazy dance of the fireflies, is fading and now shapes are forming – branches, fronds, vines, bushes, leaves, thorns, the soaring reach of the canopy, the matted tangle of the understorey.
Though Spanish missionaries brought vines to Mexico in the 16th century, the wine industry has never flourished.
In February there was another clash as police entered a neighbouring village, Govindpur, and started dismantling betel vines.
With an encouraging smile, a co-worker pulled up a trouser leg to reveal his own scarred shin.Because the pickers were squatting or kneeling under the vines and twisting to reach up for the grapes (the low-hanging fruit proving the trickiest), their necks and shoulders were soon in agony.
In Baja California, where about 75% of Mexico's 3,600 hectares (8,900 acres) of vines are planted, water is scarce, which keeps volumes low and prices high.
