Jim White, Cloudy Bay Vineyards, NZ

We have been using Growdata to assist in the management of our vineyards at Cloudy Bay for the last 7 years.

GrowData has provided us with a valuable tool to manage our spray and fertiliser programs to meet not only our quality goals but the regulatory requirements of the wine industry.

You can’t Manage what you don’t Measure

GrowData is the ultimate manager’s tool. All activities can be easily traced back to block and variety as well as machinery, labour and material costs. The program is suitable and cost effective for the smaller grower, but can also be enhanced to handle the largest of properties. Being cloud based with GPS tracking and mapping the program can keep track of 10 or more spray carts in use at once. The areas they have covered can all be tracked live on sat. maps so managers know exactly how jobs are progressing throughout the day. Do away with all those spreadsheets and record you data in one place. With over 100 reports at your fingertips you will never be in the dark about where your business is at.
Quality Assurance and Traceability are Critical

When it comes to food safety compliance nothing can bring an enterprise to its knees more quickly than a chemical or handling breach. GrowData has been built to meet the highest international food safety reporting and compliance standards including Globalg.a.p. Our spray diaries allow managers to prepare spray programs in advance and produce easy to follow instruction sheets for the operators. All chemicals can be set up to include withholding and re-entry restrictions. Warnings will be given if a proposed chemical application is likely to breach a label restriction. Chemical inventories can be maintained for single or multiple storage facilities.
Best Choice for both Wine and Table Grape Production

Phenological diaries, sampling records (baume, brix, ph, colour), harvest projection are just some of the areas that are specific to grape production. Generic software that claims to be able handle any crop simply can’t deliver when it comes to growing grapes.

We have been developing our Vineyard Management program for 15 years and we know what viticulturists need to make record keeping easier and to enhance profitability whilst delivering on our Simple Input – Smart Management philosophy.

Vineyard Software Features

Large Scale Operations

For larger clients, our folia and fertiliser program is capable of handling multiple spray applicators operating over multiple days. This is critical for cost tracking and QA compliance.

Fertiliser & Folia Applications

You can plan your seasons chemical program in advance, with a report on your monthly chemical requirements and cash flow.

Harvesting

Record your cost of harvesting on a per block basis as well as tonnage and final Baume readings. Compare performance of individual blocks over a number of years.

Irrigation

Your irrigation network can be subdivided into shifts and valves to replicate how water is applied to various parts of your property. You can schedule your watering program and GrowData will track your volumes and costs. (by block, variety or shift).

Tracking/Analysis

All labour, materials and machinery costs and activities can be tracked down to block and variety level. Critical information can be exported to your accounting, payroll or ERP software programs.

Reports

There are over 80 reports available. You can also record baume readings on individual blocks and this data can be forwarded to your winemaker prior to harvest.