Viticulturists Can Now Receive 4-Day Predictions, Issue Work Orders, and Take Action Using Their Mobile Devices
A new addition of Agrology into the Process2Wine software platform delivers a one-of-a-kind integrated solution for grapegrowers
Alexandria, VA, and Santa Barbara, CA, August 29, 2023 — Agrology and Process2Wine today unveiled an integrated solution for grape growers and viticulturists. Process2Wine now offers an Agrology integration that delivers predictions up to 4-days out, enabling growers to respond to threats and take immediate action through Process2Wine work orders. In addition, for customers who add on the Agrology platform, real-time ground-truth data will appear in the Process2Wine app, making it easy to manage issues like irrigation optimization, pest and disease pressure, microclimate threats from heat or frost, as well as wildfire threats and smoke taint. Yount Mill Vineyards is the first grower to implement this powerful new solution across their growing operations.
“As a Process2Wine customer we find Agrology’s 4-day predictions incredibly useful,” said Alec Klobuchar, viticulturist at Yount Mill Vineyards. “The integration within Process2Wine streamlines my workflow and enables me to see all of my data in one place. My goal is to utilize this information to assist with increasing operational efficiency, preserve fruit quality, along with enhancing our mission towards sustainable use of our resources.”
“Process2Wine has always been focused on empowering wineries to be operationally organized and efficient, and the integration of Agrology takes our capabilities to the next level,” said Clement Chivite, North American manager at Process2Wine. “Managers can now turn ground-truth Agrology data into real-time action. No more spreadsheets, phone calls, just quick decisive action delivered from the dirt to their desktop and mobile devices.”
As part of the integration, Process2Wine works with customers to install the Agrology Sentinel Climate Monitoring System or Arbiter Carbon Monitoring System in their vineyards. Agrology handles all installation and offers a subscription service with no expensive hardware to purchase. Once Agrology is installed in the vineyard, growers receive Agrology predictions and data directly through the Process2Wine interface.
“Our continuous ground-truth data and 4-day predictions make managing a vineyard much, much easier,” said Adam Koeppel, co-founder and CEO of Agrology. “The Agrology and Process2Wine engineering teams have worked really hard to make this integrated, easy-to-use solution and we are proud of the work we’ve done to offer this solution to growers.”
The Agrology Platform includes several pieces of hardware: multi parameter ground-truth soil probes; canopy sensors that measure atmospheric conditions, changes and gases; and irrigation sensors. Back-end machine learning models track and interpret data to monitor complex challenges and deliver real-time data and predictions in an easy-to-read format.
The Process2Wine vineyard management software displays the exact data growers need, including instant geolocated pins for notes taken as teams are working in the vineyard, tracking the cost of all vineyard supplies, labor, overhead, and operating expenses per vintage and per block. Growers can generate reports and protocols for all vineyard activities by block and row using intuitive software that will save the exact data needed.
The integration of these two platforms was something that started when the two companies announced their partnership in January 2023. More information can be found at https://www.agrology.ag/agrology-process2wine.
About Agrology
Agrology is a leading climate tech start-up and Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to help farmers adapt to and beat climate change with real-time analysis and predictive insights. The Agrology platform consists of climate and carbon monitoring systems, both based on ground-truth data and machine learning. The Agrology Climate Monitoring System delivers predictive insights and warnings, up to 4 days in advance, for wildfire smoke taint risk, extreme weather, soil conditions, pest and disease emergence, and irrigation. Agrology’s Carbon Monitoring System tracks soil carbon sequestration in real time, quickly detecting carbon loss via carbon dioxide emission events. Agrology customers include Braga Fresh, The Duckhorn Portfolio, Emeritus Vineyards, Groth Vineyards and Winery, Jordan Vineyards and Winery, Joseph Phelps Vineyards, Lawrence Vineyards, Napa Green, Pivot Bio, Renteria Vineyard Management, Sebastien Farms, Silver Oak Vineyards, Sonoma County Winegrowers, Yount Mill Vineyards, and numerous specialty farms. Agrology is the winner of two highly selective National Science Foundation SBIR Awards, a 2022 WINnovation Award, and is a recipient of a USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant. Agrology’s academic partners include UC Davis, CSU Monterey Bay, Huntington Farms, RCD of Monterey County, University of California Cooperative Extension, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Agrology has offices in Alexandria, Virginia, and Sonoma, California, and can be found online at Agrology.ag.
About Process2Wine
Process2Wine is an incredibly powerful and efficient software designed by a team with decades of working in the vineyards and wineries. This software can maintain up-to-date data about any part of the vineyard or the cellar, or, if you’d like, both! This system is not only priced for small, part-time wineries and robust enough to be used by the largest custom crush wineries, but the Process2Wine system records data easily and thoroughly, showing you any and all reporting you could ever need right from your phone. Process2Wine, owned by Ertus Group, has recently forged partnerships with Predictive Agriculture Platform, Agrology, resulting in a system that can both take in data with startling accuracy, and also save, interpret, and distribute that information with the click of a button. With over 2 thousand customers world-wide, it’s easy to see why Process2Wine has been the trusted choice in some of the world’s best winemaking areas for years now. For more information, please go to Process2Wine.com.