Lumo’s hitting the road this season with our Path to Precision Tailgate Tour. There's simply no substitute for seeing a technology working in a commercial setting that’s similar to yours. You can read about a product. Watch a video. Take a sales call and ask all the right questions. But there's a moment that happens in the field–watching a valve open and close, seeing water start dripping, watching the flow rate spike on the screen in real time–that no amount of marketing can replicate. That moment is where real conviction gets built. Agriculture is physical work. At the end of the day there's a tangible output you can hold in your hands. It makes sense, then, that the physical experience of a product in the field is what carries the most weight. You trust what you’ve seen work. That's exactly what our tailgates are all about. Come see the system installed and running at a commercial operation. Talk to the growers and farmworkers who use it every day. Ask the hard questio

Afternoon Brief: Wine Could Escape Dietary Guidelines

The appointment of Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary could see dietary guidelines for wine scrapped...

Afternoon Brief, June 10th

Warren Winiarski, Famed Napa Valley Winemaker, Dies at 95: Warren Winiarski, co-founder with his wife Barbara of the famed Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, passed away June 7, 2024, as he was preparing for his 60th harvest in the Napa Valley...
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Warren Winiarski, Famed Napa Valley Winemaker, Dies at 95

Renowned for Judgment of Paris Win and Lifelong Philanthropy   NAPA, Calif., June 9, 2024 —Warren Winiarski, co-founder with his wife Barbara of the famed Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, passed away […]

Lumo hasn’t been around all that long. In fact, the California-based, smart irrigation company was first launched by CEO and Founder Devon Wright and his team just two years ago. But within that very short time frame, Lumo’s cutting-edge water delivery system has captured the attention of the Northern Californian winegrowing community and truly shifted the way irrigation is done. Three Lumo One smart valves installed at a Jackson Family Wines vineyard in northern Sonoma County.  Last summer, Lumo put the industry’s first smart irrigation valve, Lumo One, into the hands and vineyards of some of California’s top grape growers, including; Treasury Wine Estates, Wente Vineyards, Clos Du Val, Spottswoode Winery, REVM, Boheme Wines, Price Family Vineyards & Estates, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and Pine Ridge Vineyards. Now, after one full growing season, users are reporting groundbreaking results. “Lumo valves have the potential to unite my wate

Lula Cellars 2020 Rescue Block Pinot Noir Takes Top Honors November 17, 2023 — Winners have been announced in the 2023 Harvest Challenge Wine Competition. After two spirited days of judging, Lula Cellars 2020 Rescue Block Pinot Noir took the top prize. It was also awarded Best Red Wine and Best of Anderson Valley AVA (Mendocino County, Calif.). Coming in at 98 points, judges praised the wine as “rich, ripe” and for its “Bing cherry,” and “hint of orange peel.”  Lula Cellars is a boutique winery located in California’s Anderson Valley. Its focus is on world-class Pinot Noirs both from its estate and across Anderson Valley, as well as other single-vineyard offerings from the greater Mendocino County. When preparing to plant their own vines, Lula owners discovered some-1,000 old vines “literally lying down, as if waiting to be rescued.” Lots of TLC later, these mystery Pinot Noir grapes have thrived. There’s no in

The definition of a disruptive company is one that causes “radical change in an existing industry or market through being innovative.” (Oxford Languages). This is exactly what Lumo, a California-based, smart irrigation technology company, has done and is continuing to do in the winegrowing industry..  Since Lumo CEO and Founder Devon Wright and his team launched the company’s cutting-edge, water delivery system two years ago, growers have gained access to a game-changing technology to meet the challenges of grape cultivation in a water-scarce world. This past summer, Lumo put the industry’s first smart irrigation valve, Lumo One, into the hands and vineyards of some of California’s top grape growers, including; Treasury Wine Estates, Wente, Clos Du Val, Spottswood, REVM, Boheme, Price Family, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and Pine Ridge Vineyards. The expectations of even these seasoned professionals were surpassed by Lumo’s incredible tec

Afternoon Brief, May 11th

What the Sale of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Means for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Northwest Wine: Yesterday Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE) and Italian producer Marchesi Antinori announced that the latter purchased full ownership of Napa Valley’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars...

Afternoon Brief, May 9th

Marchesi Antinori Will Take Over Full Ownership of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars: Marchesi Antinori and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates have announced that Marchesi Antinori will take over full ownership of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars after 16 years of collaboration with the prestigious American company...