About the service
I provide a specialized mobile drone survey service focused exclusively on vineyard rows, built to give winemakers and vineyard managers a clear picture of canopy vigor and grape ripening patterns across every block of the estate. Using a multispectral sensor mounted on a compact drone platform, I fly low, structured passes along the row orientation of the vineyard, capturing reflectance data across visible, red-edge and near-infrared bands. This data is processed into vigor index maps that reveal variation in canopy density, leaf area and photosynthetic activity row by row and even vine by vine in high-value blocks.
Because ripening rarely happens evenly across a vineyard, the survey highlights zones that are advancing faster or slower than the surrounding rows, so harvest teams can plan selective picking passes instead of treating the whole block as one unit. The output package includes georeferenced vigor maps, a zonal ripeness variation overlay, and a written summary describing where irrigation, canopy management or nutrient adjustments might explain the patterns seen. All maps are delivered in common GIS formats so they can be loaded into farm mapping software or shared directly with the vineyard team.
The service is mobile: I travel to the vineyard site, complete the flight planning on location to match current weather and light conditions, and can coordinate repeat flights across the season to track how canopy and ripeness patterns shift from veraison through harvest. Typical turnaround for processed maps is a few working days after each flight. I work with vineyards of varying sizes, from boutique estate blocks to larger commercial plantings, and I am happy to discuss flight scheduling around your specific harvest timeline and grape varieties. Get in touch with the block layout, approximate area and desired flight dates, and I will propose a survey plan tailored to your vineyard's row structure and ripening goals.
Because ripening rarely happens evenly across a vineyard, the survey highlights zones that are advancing faster or slower than the surrounding rows, so harvest teams can plan selective picking passes instead of treating the whole block as one unit. The output package includes georeferenced vigor maps, a zonal ripeness variation overlay, and a written summary describing where irrigation, canopy management or nutrient adjustments might explain the patterns seen. All maps are delivered in common GIS formats so they can be loaded into farm mapping software or shared directly with the vineyard team.
The service is mobile: I travel to the vineyard site, complete the flight planning on location to match current weather and light conditions, and can coordinate repeat flights across the season to track how canopy and ripeness patterns shift from veraison through harvest. Typical turnaround for processed maps is a few working days after each flight. I work with vineyards of varying sizes, from boutique estate blocks to larger commercial plantings, and I am happy to discuss flight scheduling around your specific harvest timeline and grape varieties. Get in touch with the block layout, approximate area and desired flight dates, and I will propose a survey plan tailored to your vineyard's row structure and ripening goals.
