Technology used in the vineyard
JoJo’s Timeline From the day we started to getting the vines in the ground, how did it all happen From field to vineyard Establishing JoJo’s From a horse paddock in the Chiltern Hills to 9,000 vines — this is the story of how JoJo’s was built from the ground up, one season at a time.
Drone Spraying in Vineyards JoJo’s was the first vineyard in the UK to test drone spraying. Steve Frost from SandS Land Services obtained his OSC — the licence required to apply product from a drone — in August 2023. The first thing we learned was that drones aren’t going to replace conventional spraying. However, they
Plant electrophysiology signals Plant electrophysiology signals encode information that plants use to regulate growth, development and defence. To build diagnostic algorithms, plants are recorded in both healthy and stressed states. Plants sense and respond to many changes in their environment, both above and below ground. Vivent Biosignals records electrical signals, which are one of several
Soil Acoustics Soil acoustic technology HEAR IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. WE ONLY EMAIL WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING AND EXCITING TO SHARE AND YOU CAN JOIN THE JOJO’S HELPERS WHATSAPP GROUP TOO JoJo's eNewsletter Updates First NameLast NameEmailPhone/MobileSubmit Form
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Soil Acoustics Soil acoustic technology HEAR IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. WE ONLY EMAIL WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING AND EXCITING TO SHARE AND YOU CAN JOIN THE JOJO’S HELPERS WHATSAPP GROUP TOO JoJo's eNewsletter Contact First NameLast NameEmailPhone/MobileSubmit Form
Soil Acoustics Soil acoustic technology HEAR IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. WE ONLY EMAIL WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING AND EXCITING TO SHARE AND YOU CAN JOIN THE JOJO’S HELPERS WHATSAPP GROUP TOO JoJo's eNewsletter Subscribe First NameLast NameEmailPhone/MobileSubmit Form
Precision Technology A look at the technology used at JoJo’s Vineyard to improve the quality of our grapes and improve sustainability. There are many great traditions in vine growing that shouldn’t be lost. Using the past as a benchmark, the new technologies created by a new wave of young people will bring new opportunities to
VISTA Project VISTA Project website A new project creating an open-source initiative for data integration paves the way for a new chapter in wine production. In the rapidly changing landscape of modern agriculture, creating a standard for digital mapping is fundamental for deploying tech onto farms. Digital maps enable valuable decision-making support to structured farming
Using drones in agriculture has been common place for a number of years delivering value to farmers. Drones in viticulture is increasing, but the areas to be surveyed are generally smaller and therefore the value proposition of getting a drone company in to survey a small vineyard every week is out of reach of vineyard
How did we establish JoJo’s? Establishing JoJo’s was fun, but challenging. It took 2 years from the initial idea to putting the first vines in the ground. The posts below share all the preparation work that had to be done to get the field in shape to plant the vines. AllEstablishing the vineyardNature Ladybirds doing…
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Drones are becoming increasingly popular in vineyards for their ability to provide detailed information on the health of the vines and the quality of the grapes. They can be used to monitor vine growth, detect diseases, and assess the need for irrigation. Drones can provide a more detailed look at individual vineyard areas than satellites…
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The Technology – Direct Drill What is the S-Rex Direct Drill? Viticulture around the world is undergoing a change in vineyard management. Traditionally the area between the vine rows — the mid-row area — has been left as bare soil. The modern trend is to plant cover crops between the rows. Cover crops are an…
Autodiscovery is a robto company based close to JoJo’s Vineyard at Harwell in Oxfordshire. They use the predominantly the Agile X robots from China. They are versitle, have great torque to manouvere around the vineyard. We have a selection of the robots we have tested at JoJo’s. The hope is that a number of them…
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Vineyard robots Winemaking has been based on centuries of tradition. Robots are getting better and more spohisticated so can they play a role in vineyards? At JoJo’s we’re working with partners from around the county and the world to investigate the possibilities of the role they can play. Path planning The image shows all the…
Working with nature Mother nature is amazing. sending bad bugs to do damage to the vines, but sending good ones to flight them off. At JoJo’s we do our best to work with nature to help keep the vines healthy and when we can, it is amazing. We do use pesticides on the vineyard as…
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There’s loads of work to do in the vineyard during the year, so much to make a bottle of wine. It can be fun, some jobs are more fun than others, but you’re in the fresh air (most of the time) enjoying the delights of the swooping kites, the canny crows and cheeky pheasants. If…
Once the vines are planted then the posts and wire has to go in. Amazingly there are lined up using tape measures and thin wooden pegs. Its amazing when you think how perfectly lined up they are that it has been done in such a simple way, but it must be down to the staff…
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The day has arrived, the vines are going in the ground…how exciting is this going to be? It was huge. 3 years of planning and today (9th May 2019) is the day when the hard work is rewarded or is it about to begin. The amazing thing is that the vines are going to be…
You have a field, the vines have been ordered and you have the vision in your mind of what the vineyard is going to look like, it’s looks amazing. Then you have to make it happen in reality. The only way this was going to happen was to mark out with flags, measure with a…
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Tessa has always loved riding horses so it was a sad day when out tenants, 4 cob horses, had to leave and find another home. The paddock however wasn’t so sad. The soil type, heavy Chilterns Clay in the field wasn’t really suited to horses especially in the winter so we had to do a…
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Creating the best conditions for the vineyard isn’t about leaving it to nature and hoping for the best. It’s about understanding what makes up the soil from a nutrient perspective. We have to understand the pH of the soil, the amount of potassium, potash, Calcium and most importantly organic matter in the soil. A correct…
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This is the day JoJo bought a vineyard. In those days it wasn’t a vineyard but a horse paddock with and old weed infested lay which they had to eat. It was littered with ragwort which wasn’t good for horses so a lot of work had to be done to get rid of that. Horses…
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