The May 2024 issue of Winepress looks at:
WinePRO
WinePRO will be an opportunity to explore cutting edge technology already at play in New Zealand’s wine industry, and to hear about developments, initiatives and future aspirations.
Vineyard Lab
Finishing touches are being made to a future-focussed vineyard lab able to simulate
climate change, including advancing growth by up to four weeks, says Plant & Food Research’s Damian Martin.
Avoiding Burnout
The attributes that drive success early in a career can be the same ones that “burn you out” later on, says performance and resilience expert Nick Petrie. If people don’t learn to update their approach to work, and operate “in much smarter ways”, they are at high risk of burn out.
Generation Y-ine - Robert Winup
Cover: The 2023-2024 growing season was a “testbed” for Cloudy Bay’s autonomous vineyard tractor V3. “The quality of the jobs completed rivalled that of conventional tractor operations,” says Cloudy Bay vineyard innovation and engineering manager M