Viticulture and wine production: Challenges, opportunities and possible implications

Abstract

Many agricultural sectors evaluate what advancements can be incorporated into their businesses to offer management support as technology keeps developing and advancing. This is especially essential to the wine business, as climate change and fluctuating atmospheric conditions, compacted seasons, drought, heat, labour shortages, and increasing production costs are all posing challenges to farmers in various parts of the world. This article aims to highlight different applications of viticulture based on digital techniques. The research will evaluate how these techniques offer opportunities for winemakers in response to increased environmental problems. The application of various proximal and remote sensing technologies has enhanced the knowledge of vineyard variation regarding geographical disparities and sequential dynamics and the underlying reasons for such variation. The study shows how knowing this information allows winemakers to use ideas more effectively through specific applications and harvest fruit packages strategically based on yield and/or fruit quality requirements and product requirements. Reduced input costs, higher efficiencies, and a better end product are all economic benefits of each of these outcomes. Since smart sensing techniques have an immense opportunity for producers at all stages, their implementation and regular use will be centered on accessible operating system and devices and the cost of integrating decision-support systems on a field scale. Data rights and security, especially when data is obtained through third parties, is a problem that must be addressed in the coming years to enable the widespread adoption of such technology.