Oenoview is born in 2006 from the partnership between Infoterra, an EADS Astrium company specialised in earth observation and the Institut Cooperatif de Vin, a French company of services for the wine industry. Oenoview is an operating precision viticulture service, dedicated to vine monitoring, harvest optimisation and input management. In France, this service implemented in 2009 on a commercial scale is now used by clients as different as large cooperative wineries in the Mediterranean area and famous “chateaux” in the Bordeaux region.
Oenoview service provides the vine grower and vine consultant with a bundle of map and recommendation during summer. These products are designed to support decision making process during the year, but especially at the most critical stage of the winemaking process, the harvest. High resolution satellite images are processed by Infoterra’s processing chain to produce maps representing the vigor level of the vine. These maps based on biophysical parameters provided by Infoterra proprietary reflectance model are analysed and explained by ICV consultants to help the vine grower in his decision.
These tools are currently used by our clients to separate lots of grapes according to their quality during harvest. These lots submitted to different wine making process will produce different wine styles that can then be assembled to achieve the targeted quality. From 2009, clients started to use Oenoview maps as basis for differential application of crop inputs and declare a saving of 30 % compared to their normal practices.
The service is able to deal with a wide range of on-demand remote sensing data. The development of an innovative processing chain and the mobilisation of a dedicated team enable Oenoview to deliver a high standard service to growers. This operational oriented development strategy also focused on the ability of the service to be provided abroad with local partners.
