overplanting

In Bordeaux, much of the overplanting has been by small landholders who depend on their vines for their living.

Panoramic views were restored by eliminating overplanting.

But the region's wineries' global success has led to serious overplanting, and that has led to chronic oversupply.

This heavy overplanting was necessary to offset high losses in germinating and the early death of weak plants that did germinate; insects, weather and carelessness could cause losses as high as seventy percent.