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Earth Day and Viticulture
Each year, on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day as people worldwide unite to promote the protection of our planet and environment. But for vineyards and winegrowers, every day is a reminder of the need to protect the environment. Effects of climate change on viticulture Climate change has profound impacts on the viticulture industry, which […]
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Sustainable vineyard pest control
Although humans are cultivating grapes since ancient times, growing grapes is not an easy job. A lot of knowledge is required by growers to produce quality grapes. Often, growers ask us when is the best time for spraying against pests and diseases to protect grapevines. Well, it’s not just about spraying, especially if you are […]
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Tips for small family-owned vineyard farms to improve business
An important part of growing winegrapes is also making business. While some growers concentrate only on the farming aspect and sell grapes to wineries, others process the grapes into wine or juice and sell it on-site, on the local market, and worldwide. No matter the business model, some vineyard farms generate more income than others, […]
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How to optimize vineyard irrigation?
Irrigation of vines is a necessary part of vineyard management in several wine growing regions around the world, where winegrowers completely or partly rely on irrigation water. With irrigation, winegrowers are manipulating vine growth and grape quantity and quality. Since water is a limited resource and its price constantly raise every winegrower tends to improve […]
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Post-harvest Vineyard Management: preparing vines for resting
After the grapes are picked and safely »stored in the winery« 🙂 it’s time for the last vineyard management activities before grapevines enter into the dormancy phase. As every vineyard is different, it should be managed according to its specific, however, there are some general guidelines for post-harvest management of the vineyard. Those enable winegrowers […]
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Why to implement IoT in the vineyard?
In the recent years, there is a lot of buzz around IoT technologies and while some industries and verticals (such as industry and smart cities) received them very well, agriculture seems to take a more careful dip, and majority of farmers are still looking at IoT from a distance. And who can resent farmers; many […]
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Decision support system for integrated pest management in the vineyard
Over the years, several Decision Support Systems (DSS) have been developed to help winegrowers, vineyard consultants and other viticulture experts to manage grapevine diseases and pests, as well as other important factors for vineyard management activities. At the beginning, those systems were often too expensive for average growers to afford them, as well as not […]
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Precision viticulture
Precision viticulture is a popular topic in the recent years, although the vast majority of vineyards around the world still don’t practice it. Anyway, those who do, can achieve fairly more consistent quality of their crops, both in terms of spatial variability, as well as in terms of inter-season variability. What is precision viticulture? What […]
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What to do with the vine prunings after dormant pruning?
The most important annual activity in the vineyard is dormant pruning – the removal of old wood during the vine dormant season. It’s believed to be the most important and expensive vineyard management practice since the quality and quantity of the later harvested grapes depends on it. Dormant pruning should be performed during the vine […]
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Why March and April are the best months (on Northen hemisphere) to set up the weather stations in your vineyard?
On the 20. of March, spring arrived in the Northern hemisphere, and with warmer days, nature is slowly waking up from winter hibernation. Depending on the wine-growing region, March and April are the months when vines wake up and start to grow in the Northern hemisphere. The season of vine growth is closely linked to the […]
