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Precision Viticulture
April, 2006
Blair Adams
 Overview
• Ceágo Vinegarden (www.ceago.com)
A family run biodynamic winemaking
operation owned and operated by Jim
Fetzer
• Old world methodology and new world
technology
• Google Earth integrated enterprise system
GPS survey of all vinegarden assets
• Near-real-time feeds of:
• Temperature, humidity, soil moisture,
soil temperature and ambient light
Radio Frequency Identification handheld
for in-field quality and cost management
• Cell phone notification of critical values
(i.e. frost, heat, mold)
 Value Statement
• Improved quality at a reduced cost
Manage and track historical
information down to the individual
vine
• Reduce costs associated with
irrigation and in-field labor
• Low cost enterprise data
visualization
• Very easy to use

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 Target Market
• Precision viticulture internationally
• Precision agriculture for high value semi-
permanent crops (i.e. nuts, berries etc.)
• System could be applied broadly to any
industry that requires near-real-time
monitoring for a large geographic area
Operations and maintenance
• Homeland security
• Regulatory Compliance
• Emissions, water levels, levee conditions etc.

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 Acknowledgments
Ceago Vinegarden
(ceago.com)
Geovine (geovine.com)
Sensor Webs
(sensorwebs.jpl.nasa.gov)

CH2M HILL (ch2m.com)

Trimble (trimble.com)
ESRI (esri.com)