We extend our commitment to innovation beyond the nursery and into the field using real-time data, AI scouting, and precision water management to support long-term vineyard success. Here’s how we’re integrating technology into our field operations: AI-Powered Scouting Tellia Tellia is a...

I once saw a commercial that said: “forget everything you thought you knew about slip covers”. So I did. Admittedly I don’t know a lot about slip covers. I do know quite a bit about plant stress. Up until recently, our constant flow of data on soil moisture has been studied along with weekly spot...

For the 2023 season, we are launching an upgraded, automated system that monitors plant stress, soil moisture and irrigation system operation. Combining new technology with proven methods, this system uses FloraPulse microtensiometer sensors to measure continuous plant stress, Aquacheck probes to...

Viticulturists at Advanced Viticulture have been working on methodology to automate plant stress measurements using thermal imaging cameras. The method being developed involves analyzing temperatures of the leaf-containing pixels in the image to determine a stress index and to correlate that to a...

Viticulturists at Advanced Viticulture have been working on methodology to automate plant stress measurements using thermal imaging cameras. The method being developed involves analyzing temperatures of the leaf-containing pixels in the image to determine a stress index and to correlate that to a...

Two years ago, I wrote an article on AI in the vineyard for WBM. Feel free to read that article here…if you want. Otherwise, my basic argument was that although AI will eventually play a role in how we farm grapes, it’s a long way off compared to other industries and even other crops. We who grow...

Bloom signals more than color in the field. It marks the transition into one of the most critical irrigation periods of the year. As crops move from dormancy into active growth, water demand begins to shift quickly. Root systems wake up. Canopies expand. Evapotranspiration increases. What worked...

Harvest has wrapped. It's raining. And the only thing on your calendar is that pesky meeting to finalize your budget for next year. Here are some things Advanced Viticulture can help you out with: Soil moisture probes: see how deeply irrigations percolate and how quickly water gets depleted....

Maintaining wine balance in a changing climate Climate change is reshaping the wine industry. In many wine regions, each year seems to set new records for the hottest or driest growing season, followed by the earliest harvest dates yet. Such accelerated ripening is disrupting grape physiology;...

Hear me out Up and down the California Coast, we got some rain last week. Up North, places got around 1.3” with up to 2” closer to the ocean. Down south in Paso Robles, we’re looking similar numbers of between 1.5” and 2”. So, one would naturally think that if we were irrigating post-harvest (as we...