vineyard Articles
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Organic Vine Management Practices
Send in the Sheep! Sheep in the vines – what a pleasant view driving in to Baileys Vineyard in Glenrowan, Victoria. It set me to thinking if this and other organic vineyard management practices could be implemented in all vineyards whether they be organically certified or not. Does sheep grazing provide a sustainable and practical alternative to chemicals or do they create more issues ...
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TITAN MBR - Winery - Case Study
Recognized as authorities of bio-dynamic farming techniques and sustainable winemaking in France, family owners of a particular Sonoma County winery sought to utilize eco-friendly practices also in their California vineyards. After purchasing the winery in 2004, the family ownership began overhauling their vineyards and overall winery operation to revitalize every aspect of the winery, from ...
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Steel Support Trellis Stakes for Vineyards and Climbing Plants
The vineyard trellising plant is also named vineyard stake, vineyard post, grape support post. The hot dip galvanized steel post /pole supports are mainly used in farms, orchards and gardens for vine plants. ...
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Public choice theory as a tool for CMO wine reform analysis
The purpose of this paper is a partial reconstruction of the role of agricultural lobbyist and national alliances, determining the effort of re–opening the Common Market Organisation (CMO) of wine Reg. 479/2008. The case considered is the liberalisation of replanting rights chosen as a tool of public choice (PC) analysis. The paper is divided into three parts. The first is a brief summary of PC ...
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Akarua Vineyard Case Study
Approximately two years ago, Mark Naismith (Vineyard Manager) for Akarua Ltd, a wine producer based in Central Otago, began to looks at ways of capturing the business information "at the point of ...
By Vinea
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Copper pollution in some vineyard soils of the Piedmont region (Italy): accumulation and mobility
Cu-based fungicides have been heavily used against the mildew caused by Plasmopara viticola, widespread in the Piedmont region (NW Italy). Vineyards with high Cu contents in the top soil, have been studied. The past Cu input was compared with the amounts of Cu actually measured. Downward migration rate of Cu was investigated by applying a mathematical model. A chemical, physical and mineralogical ...
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Castle Rock Vineyards Case Study
Castle Rock Vineyards is a family-owned operation that grows, packs and ships fruit around the world. As part of their commitment to their customers and the environment, they wanted to offset their carbon footprint and lower costs at their Delano, California facility by using renewable solar power. REC Solar built a 1.13 megawatt system adjacent to the cold storage facility. The Castle Rock ...
By REC Solar
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Economic analysis of the reuse of water reclamation in the irrigation of vineyards
The objective of the present work is to determine the economic viability of the System for the Reclamation and Reuse of Wastewater (SRRWW) in the village of Colera in Girona, Spain. The methodology applied covers the identification, quantification and economic evaluation of different impacts, private and external, and allows the most beneficial options to be selected. Reusing the reclaimed water ...
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How Can Deep Planet`s Portal Work for You?
We have designed our portal to put industry-leading precision viticulture tools directly into the hands of growers and wineries, taking the stress out of your vineyard management with on-demand analysis to help you increase the value of your yield. We’ve come a long way over the last couple of years developing our capabilities from detecting vineyards remotely to monitoring key indicators ...
By Deep Planet
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Bitwise Agronomy Brings a Data-Driven Solution to Vineyard Owners: GreenView
Who is Bitwise Agronomy, and what do they do? Bitwise Agronomy, an emerging agritech company based in Tasmania, has just launched GreenView: a smart imaging and data-collection application that helps vineyard owners assess their vines' conditions and make crop management decisions at a touch of a button. By capturing imagery through a roving camera, GreenView turns a vineyard entire plot into ...
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Winery - Case-Study
Overview A California vineyard was faced with the challenge of meeting wastewater treatment compliance under a tight deadline denned by local regulators, while receiving ongoing odor complaints from the community. Challenges Extended periods of mismanagement from previous owners left the facility and the wastewater treatment system in disarray. Equipment with poor mixing capabilities and ...
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Development of a management tool to indicate the environmental impact of organic viticulture
Received for publication April 19, 2008. Organic viticulture is an important part of the European Union organic farming sector, and, according to the most recent surveys, 1.5% of European Union wine originates from organic farms, with an upward trend. This paper describes an environmental impact of an organic viticulture indicator (EIOVI) that can be reliably used in the management of organic ...
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Save Your Grapes from Smoke Taint with Purfresh Wine
Purfresh Wine’s ozone (O3) technology helps vineyards overcome the problems caused by wildfire smoke by treating grapes pre-crush to improve fermentation, overall wine quality, and remove smoke taint. ...
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Field Notes: Organic Viticulture, Digital Agriculture, and a Biblical Year to Forget.
Our team is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Debby Zygielbaum. We had the pleasure of collaborating with Debby during her time at Robert Sinskey Vineyards. She was one of our first advocates, testers, and advisors. We formed a special bond with Debby spending long hours in the vineyards and on the roads talking everything from irrigation to sheep to family. She was blunt, hilarious, ...
By Arable
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Precision viticulture technology a key to producing premium quality wines in changing climate [part 2]
In the first part of the article, we wrote about how precision viticulture technologies can help with choosing long-term and short-term cultivation strategies in order to adapt to climate changes, and named some of the precision viticulture technologies that exist on the market. Now let’s have a look at how and which precision viticulture technologies can help with specific vineyard ...
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How to Protect Your Vineyard From Birds
Growing grapes is no easy feat, especially when birds love to snack on grapes. It’s important to protect your crop, but also important to select the option that works best for you. Learn which options are best to protect your vineyard and your profits from pest birds with these methods. Utilize Scare Tactics There are many scare tactics that can be used for bird control. From scarecrows, ...
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How to Help Grapevines Recover after a Difficult Frost Period
100% : this is the percentage of a vineyard that can be damaged by frost Cold snaps and frosts have hit many orchards and vineyards these last few weeks in France. High yield reduction will be expected due to these cold waves, occurring after weeks of heat and crop development. During dormancy, grapevines can support temperatures as low as -15°C. However, as soon as the vines bud, they ...
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Effects of distillery vinasses on vineyard yield and quality in the D.O.C `Oltrepò Pavese Pinot Nero` – Lombardy, Italy
ABSTRACTIn a fifteen year old vineyard of Pinot Noir at a density of 5000 vines per hectares, located in the DOC zone Oltrepò Pavese, the influence of growing doses of distillery vinasses on vegetative growth, leaf mineral levels, grape yield and quality was tested in a four year period. Doses of vinasses were computed to apply 0 (test), 50, 100, 150 kg N ha+1. Vinasses doses were factorially ...
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Grape growing, vineyard pests and bird control
Grape growers everywhere are familiar with vineyard pests, especially pest birds. The most common vineyard problem birds are robins, starlings, finches, orioles, mockingbirds, and grackles. One study determined that a flock of 5,000 starlings can consume up to one ton of food over a 10-day period.i This kind of crop loss can cost grape growers and vineyard owners thousands of dollars a month. ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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How a California Viticulturist uses Biological Control and Cultural Practices to Combat Pests
While augmentative releases of beneficial insects and mites are becoming increasingly popular in vineyards, it is still rare to find a grower in California with over a decade’s worth of experience using augmentative biological control. David Gates is the senior vice president of vineyard operations at Ridge Vineyards, a winery with a facility in Sonoma County and another one in the Santa ...
By UAV-IQ, LLC.
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