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Vineyard Soil Analysis
Soil analysis in vineyards plays a vital role in optimizing vine health and improving grape yields. It involves evaluating the soil’s chemical, physical, and biological properties. By understanding the soil’s nutrient content and structure, vineyard managers can make informed, data-driven decisions on different soil management practices such as fertilization, irrigation, and floor management. Why making […]
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Grapevine flower development and structure
Grapevine flower development is a complex and fascinating process that spans over two growing seasons. Understanding grapevine flower development and structure is key to adjuting vineyard management practices to optimise grapevine growth, fruitfulness, and yield. Grapevine flowers development Similar to many other perennial crops, the formation of grapevine flowers in temperate regions extends over two […]
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How to decide when to apply fungicides in vineyards?
No matter where on Earth you grow your grapes, nor what kind of pest management approach you are following: conventional, integrated, or organic, you have to apply fungicides to control or prevent grape fungal diseases to be able to harvest healthy grapes. Depending on the weather, pest management approach, presence of disease, and fungicides used […]
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[Case study] eVineyard helps with decision making and improve vineyard management
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eVineyard is a vineyard management software that helps winegrowers worldwide with decision-making, lowering production costs, and improving vineyard management. A part of eVineyard software also represents a decision support system – an interactive software-based system intended to help decision-makers identify and solve problems and make decisions. eVineyard’s decision support system is very useful for integrated […]
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Field experiment: Can UAVs (drones) be used to prevent frost damage in the vineyard?
Summary: Frost events during the grapevine growing season can cause extensive frost damage and thus enormous economic losses for winegrowers across the globe. As active frost protection measures can be very costly, we looked into the possibility of using UAVs (large, machine-powered drones), which are getting more and more space in the viticulture industry – […]
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Winter harvest and Ice wine production
Long after the traditional harvest season has ended, some winemakers are still patiently waiting for their perfect moment to harvest grapes. They are waiting for the temperatures to drop sufficiently so that grapes will freeze on the vines, and they can start with the winter harvest and production of ice wine. Namely, grapes for ice […]
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Get ready for grape harvest
The best time of the year for vineyard owners, as well as the busiest and the most critical period of the year, has begun. While some winegrowers have already started with the grape harvest, others are still a month away from this moment. Although every harvest is slightly different, which is the beauty of working […]
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[Case study] Save 40 hours of work during each harvest month
Grape harvest is festive of its own: it’s the busiest time of the year and a crucial step towards a great vintage. During this period, the whole winery team is constantly working: grape pickers, grape logistics, the cellar operations, etc. are all in full swing. Everything has to be executed smoothly – and this is […]
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[Case study] eVineyard helping save 10-30% of vineyard irrigation water and improve grape quality in California vineyards
Grapevines, just like any other plants, require a certain amount of water to grow. As water availability can vary within one vineyard block, let alone between different vineyard blocks, winegrowers have to master water management to supply enough water to each vine. In order to produce quality grapes and consequently quality wine. In California, US […]
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Use of GPS for improved and more sustainable vineyard management
Vineyard management is constantly evolving based on new findings of growing grapes, managing vineyard resources, and with the development of new tools and technologies. A driver of those changes in the last couple of years has been the intensive development of Precision Viticulture (although the PV concept has started to developed already in the late […]
