WINE NEWS /
The Vineyards of Franciacorta Monitored
by Satellite
Precision
farming is one of the most innovative veins of wine production,
the center of a particular experimental project begun by the
Consorzio del Franciacorta that will be presented on September
18th at the Franciacorta Festival in Erbusco. This year’s
festival will focus on monitoring grape development in the vineyards;
this highly advanced method makes use of aerial photographs that
show the emission spectra of the vegetation. Complex algorithms
translate these observations into data about the grapes’ stages
of maturation in terms of sugar, acidity, and polyphenol. The
consortium hopes that this project will help them regulate the
territory appropriately as well as giving the estates precise
information that will make choices in production methods and
timing less difficult.
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