‘It’s like Sleeping Beauty; we have to wake them’: winemakers urged to help save earthworms

Transforming bare and compacted soil in vineyards can boost numbers of important invertebrate, say advocates

Vineyards are generally the most inhospitable of landscapes for the humble earthworm; the soil beneath vines is usually kept bare and compacted by machinery.

But scientists and winemakers have been exploring ways to turn vineyards into havens for worms.