In Alex's dealings with the government regarding agricultural grants for the establishment of the vineyard, Teagasc informed him that he first had to apply for a herd number. A herd number you say? We weren't planning to keep any animals, yet surely enough, the form he filled in for a herd number listed grapes among the horticultural items that one could grow under a herd number.
The official reviewing the application set it aside because it didn't specify which animals we were planning to keep. When Alex finally tracked him down, he said, "Oh well, we weren't sure what to do with this as you didn't specify if you were planning to raise cattle or sheep."
Alex responded, "Neither, I checked none next to animals and checked grapevines in the other field."
Well then, it appears that we indeed have a herd of grapevines on our land. Nope, it doesn't show up in any lists of names for a grouping of grapes.
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