Viticulture

In a deadly and morose short story by Edgar Allen Poe, “Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor leads Fortunato to his death through the bribe of a pipe of amontillado, a rare find during the height of carnival. Wine is very important to many traditions and cultures still today, and the winemaking process is considered by many to be a form of art (Stein 149-163). This beverage is produced through a complex, but structured, process broken down into several distinct steps that are affected by many variables

farmers have been inspired by the ‘foodie ethos’, and strive to meet the call for locally grown products in an environmentally sustainable fashion. This is especially evident in the region’s viticulture and wine making industries as they attempt to protect a fragile ecosystem (Nigro 2015). The American Viticulture Area that encompasses the region is divided into three Appelations; The North Fork of Long Island, The Hamptons, and Long Island. There are sixty vineyards that range in size from two-and-a-half

In 1862, as the tribulation of the American Civil War unraveled, across the ocean an invasion of European vineyards began. Today, as we look out at the vineyards of the lower Rhône valley and admire their well-ordered appearance of tamed nature, we would not think that this was once a scene of desolation. Yet, in the mid-1860s, vines around Roquemaure, a small town and commune located in the South of France, Rhône, began to dry up and die. Over a span of 15 years, as an unexplainable plague spread

Kikj09r5   Introduction As a qualified agronomist, employed by a wealthy vigneron, the aim of this extended research task is to support and advise the best practises and producers to establish a new 50 hectare vineyard in the prestigious Barossa Valley located 60 kilometres North-East of Adelaide(fig. 1). Also included in this study is the characteristic of the soils and climate of this area. The trellis support and irrigation of the crop with also be taken into account, along with the most

The wine industry in Australia is one of the most highly valued agricultural export commodities (Stokes & Howden 2010). Viticulture is an agricultural sector that is closely associated with climate as the production of unique wine is reliant upon specific combinations of climate, soils and landscape to create particular styles (Stokes & Howden 2010; Webb et al. 2008). Changes in climate have potential to adversely affect the quality of winegrape production. Thus, climate change is set to become a

The Development of New Hybrids for the Wine Industry, ... Why Bother?, or The Answer to Our Problems? Introduction For certain Wine viticulturists the harsh winters have always been a problem . Its difficult to grow most grape varieties in these brutal winter conditions . I have chosen an article that was published in the vueweekly (which is an independent publication owned by Postvue Publication Inc, an Alberta corporation). The article is subjected as “ The hype about Hybrids “ and written

The Admirations and Challenges of hopes, goals, and pride “There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance” (Maxwell). In the Fable, “The fox and the grapes” Aesop writes about a fox who ventures out into a vineyard full of grapes, unable to obtain the grapes the fox walks away, however not without saying his last and final words. Aesop employs determination of the

The past few years however, groups have been trying to address the cultivation techniques from another perspective; by genetically modifying grapevines. Realizing the global significance of wine, scientists specializing in plant biology, viticulture and enology from the major wine producing areas (USA, Australia, France, Canada, Chile, Italy, Germany, Spain and South Africa) launched the “International Grape Genome Program” (IGGP) in the beginning of the century. It involves a cooperative genome

Introduction “Marsha, I love you so much. Will you marry me, please, please?” Marsha Collier had just received a Vine link from her boyfriend. This six second looping video had moved her to tears, “He didn’t even know it was going to work … But I thought his Vine was just six seconds of his love.” 1 Social Media is progressing in ways to astonish all. Vine, a popular new social media medium has worked its way to success in just one year’s time. In the modern technological savvy era, the mobile phone

6 System Use Case This Section will describe two use cases for the smart agriculture system implemented for this project. Each example will first describe the shortcomings and wastes of current agriculture systems. Then it will be shown how the smart agriculture system can be used to optimize that system through the use of data and data analysis 6.1 Use Case 1: Wine Vineyards Aside from technology and software development, one of the most profitable industries in the San Francisco Bay Area is