High tech organic?

Interesting article on combining organic growing,  robotics and grape processing from an article called: High-Tech Robotic Wine: The Future of Winemaking is Robots

The article contrasts the winemaker's blog which claims to use 'hand-sorted fruit', though the same winemaker touts in a Bloomberg interview the wonders of robotic sorting.  The author, Mish, is making the point about how robots have an advantage compared to humans:  they don't require health benefits, pensions, over-time, unemployment insurance, etc. Thought provoking.

High-Tech Robotic Wine: The Future of Winemaking is Robots
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/10/high-tech-robotic-wine-future-of.html#OWOq4v5kVAVTJP7g.99

 

"My goal is to be true to the fruit, let it express itself purely and fully.  Working with such a talented team, with such excellent vineyards and in such an exceptional facility is exciting and inspiring. HALL is truly devoted to making great wine—going about achieving that in all the right ways: Organically farmed vineyards, hand-sorted fruit, gravity-fed tanks, native yeast fermentations." - Steve Leveque

A robot takes pictures at 10,000 frames per second and analyzes the grapes instantly, selecting the ones that meet Steve Leveque's programmed specifications. Leveque is Hall's Director of Winemaking. A puff of air blats out unwanted grapes.

The robot does the job of 60 laborers in just a few hours. Leveque expects a return on his robotic investment in a couple of years. 
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/10/high-tech-robotic-wine-future-of.html#OWOq4v5kVAVTJP7g.99

A robot takes pictures at 10,000 frames per second and analyzes the grapes instantly, selecting the ones that meet Steve Leveque's programmed specifications. Leveque is Hall's Director of Winemaking. A puff of air blats out unwanted grapes.

The robot does the job of 60 laborers in just a few hours. Leveque expects a return on his robotic investment in a couple of years. 

Eight winemakers in Napa Valley have invested in robotic technology.
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/10/high-tech-robotic-wine-future-of.html#OWOq4v5kVAVTJP7g.99

A robot takes pictures at 10,000 frames per second and analyzes the grapes instantly, selecting the ones that meet Steve Leveque's programmed specifications. Leveque is Hall's Director of Winemaking. A puff of air blats out unwanted grapes.

The robot does the job of 60 laborers in just a few hours. Leveque expects a return on his robotic investment in a couple of years. 

Eight winemakers in Napa Valley have invested in robotic technology.
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/10/high-tech-robotic-wine-future-of.html#OWOq4v5kVAVTJP7g.99

"A robot takes pictures at 10,000 frames per second and analyzes the grapes instantly, selecting the ones that meet Steve Leveque's programmed specifications. Leveque is Hall's Director of Winemaking. A puff of air blats out unwanted grapes.

The robot does the job of 60 laborers in just a few hours. Leveque expects a return on his robotic investment in a couple of years.

Eight winemakers in Napa Valley have invested in robotic technology."

A robot takes pictures at 10,000 frames per second and analyzes the grapes instantly, selecting the ones that meet Steve Leveque's programmed specifications. Leveque is Hall's Director of Winemaking. A puff of air blats out unwanted grapes.

The robot does the job of 60 laborers in just a few hours. Leveque expects a return on his robotic investment in a couple of years. 
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/10/high-tech-robotic-wine-future-of.html#OWOq4v5kVAVTJP7g.99