The HERCULES project aims to safeguard ancestral heritage in the European wine growing sector. The value of this heritage - dry-stone walls in vineyard regions - is recognised by experts in the field. The skills required to maintain or even reconstruct dry-stone walls is beginning to disappear, with the result that costs in this area are rising sharply. The main objective of the project is therefore to regenerate a trade which is dying out and to pass on skills which are disappearing. The project is aimed at trainers in training centres, trainees in the sectors concerned, wine growers themselves and those working in the building trade. The project will involve firstly drawing up a typology and inventory of existing walls and specifications for them, then developing different training courses in tandem with experts from the various sectors concerned (wine growing, building), the public authorities and training centres and, secondly, piloting a few modules and evaluating and validating these courses with diplomas or certificates. Dissemination of the project will play a key role and will involve drawing up publications for the general public and publishing information on the project, particularly via a website.