2025: An Optimal Vintage for Whoever Is Buying

If this year is defined by a singular emotion, it’s anxiety. That’s nothing new in farming, however I’m talking about anxiety over the abysmal grape market rather than any natural ph read more

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Why Vineyard Infrastructure Matters More Than Ever in a Warming Climate

As vineyard owners adapt to record heat waves, canopy management and climate-mitigating techniques are front and center, but the real unsung hero might be the trellis system itself.Temporary fixes can read more

How Shade Canopies Help Protect Grape Quality in Extreme Heat

When a heat wave hits mid-season, vineyard managers face a tough choice: risk sunburned grapes or pick too early and sacrifice flavor development. But there’s a third option gaining momentum - s read more

Record Heat Waves Are Here - What Can Vineyard Owners Do About It?

As climate extremes become more frequent, record-breaking heat waves are no longer rare events—they’re part of the new normal. For vineyard owners, the impact is immediate and severe: grap read more

Give Your Irrigators Superpowers

X-ray vision into volumes. A spidey-sense for leaks. The ability to teleport from ranch to ranch.Lumo gives irrigators superpowers.Or, more practically, it’s a tool they can use to irrigate with read more

How Lumo Pump Automation Helped Antinori Boost Yield and Avoid a $1M System Upgrade

“We successfully automated almost every irrigation set last season on 60 acres of the ranch, running the pump at night and freeing up irrigator hours to irrigate other blocks on the ranch during read more

Turrentine Market Update, February 2025

2.84; 20 Year FloorBy Steve FredricksAs we have reported over the last several days, the California's 2024 wine grape harvest was significantly lower than recent years, representing the smallest c read more

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Lightest Crop in 20 Years, 2.844 Millions Tons

NOVATO, CA  -  “The fact that the 2024 California wine grape crop was 2.844 million tons is nothing short of shocking. Although the 2024 crop was generally light, and overall demand wa read more

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Proven Heat Protection: Study Validates Shade Structures for Grapes

Winegrowers are nothing if not adaptable, given that the grape is a harbinger crop, or in more prosaic terms, the canary in the coal mine for agriculture. As a result, when climate shifts generate mor read more

Precision Irrigation: Reliable Smart Valves Build Winegrowers’ Confidence

It’s generally believed that farmers are slow to adopt new technology. Yet, while this adage may be true for more expensive and untested innovations, when a new technology is practical, affordab read more

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