Santa Rosa, Calif., January 6, 2026—Lumo, the leader in precision irrigation technology for specialty crop growers, today announced a new strategic partnership with Wyatt Irrigation Supply, the most trusted leader in irrigation since 1982, to drive expansion and standardization across the vineyards of Napa and Sonoma. Winegrowers today are reeling, facing unprecedented pressure from rapidly rising labor costs and shortages, soft market demand, and increased water regulation. To survive, winegrowers must adapt and invest in ways to improve fruit quality and vineyard efficiency. Improving irrigation systems with a proven precision irrigation platform like Lumo is one of the highest return ways to improve fruit quality, while also reducing labor costs and system risks. Wyatt has seen countless automation solutions come and go over the years, making the same promises to growers over and over again. They are keenly aware of the risks and have been cautious when vetting new technologi

“We successfully automated almost every irrigation set last season,” said Andrew Oliver, Vineyard Manager at Antinori. “Lumo’s pump automation is an absolute game changer for our team,” agreed Hunter Emch, Northern Unit Area Manager at Redwood Empire Vineyard Management. REVM and Antinori are two early users of Lumo’s Pump Automation product, a powerful new integration with its smart valve platform that automates irrigation scheduling and execution from end to end. The solution has already been deployed at ranches ranging in size from 60 to 1,300 acres. Real-time, block-level flow and pressure data from Lumo smart valves is used to verify performance, dial in precision, and keep critical infrastructure safe. Over 150 ranches in Napa, Sonoma, the Central Coast, the Okanagan Valley and Washington State are already using Lumo’s precision irrigation system to close their execution gap, increase operational efficiency, and irrigate to plan. In July

Automation: What We Know and What We are Learning Sustainable Ag Expo   I   November 12    I    4:30-5:00 pm Don't miss this seminar at the Sustainable Ag Expo in November!  Grant Cremers (Delicato Family Vineyards) will talk about a grower’s perspective on automation in the vineyard: Get insights into your most pressing questions including deciding what to automate, how to manage the transition and expectations, and what autonomous tractor work looks like today. Stick around after the session for Sustainable Gear & Beer! Get tickets here! --- Grant Cremers has been growing winegrapes on the central coast for 30 years. He has had the opportunity to learn from his time as a field scout, PCA, Vineyard Manager, Vineyard Director, and now Vineyard and Winery General Manager. He has made time to participate in our industry and community, including serving as past Board Member of the Vineyard Team, past Chair of the Ag Advisory Committee

Winery Wildfires: How Record Wildfires Are Impacting Wineries Today: The events of recent years have truly tested the resilience of wineries. Wildfires dominating headlines in wine country since 2017 were interrupted briefly by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to return again – and with a record-breaking vengeance... The post Afternoon Brief, March 26th appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/03/26/afternoon-brief-1830?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afternoon-brief-1830 Published Date:Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:44:57 +0000 

5 Women Leaders Helping Wineries to Be Successful: The wine industry draws people passionate about their work, whether they are growing grapes, making wine or supporting those who do. These five wine industry women share that passion, providing high-quality products, equipment and services to enable wineries to do what they do best — create great wines... The post Afternoon Brief, March 24th appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/03/24/afternoon-brief-1828?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afternoon-brief-1828 Published Date:Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:55:41 +0000 

Delicato Family Vineyards turned to Koch Separation Solutions to upgrade their wine filtration technology to be able to meet higher demand in the most economical and environmentally efficient way. Objective Delicato aimed to replace existing pad filtration and other wine clarification technology with KMS membrane filtration technology to increase production volume, lower their operating costs, and reduce their waste and landfill output. Solution KSS offers WINEFILTER crossflow hollow fiber membranes that are uniquely designed for wine filtration. These microfiltration membranes are constructed using asymmetrical pore structure, allowing for up to 99.5% wine recovery and optimal clarification while maintaining color, taste, aroma, and alcohol content. At Delicato, a new Wine-COR P-36 system was installed to treat red and white wine alike prior to bottling. This system produces between 4,000 and 6,000 gallons per hour (about 15 to 22 cubic meters per hour) with extremely low wine loss, t