ChileFood and restaurants2018 – ongoingViña Concha y Toro
AI irrigation recommendations, satellite harvest forecasts and Smart Winery prediction
Concha y Toro saved about 18% of irrigation water on 1,116 hectares with a recommendation platform
Problem
Irrigation accounts for 97% of the water used in wine production, and climate change had shortened the harvest window from about three months to two or less. Harvest volumes were hard to forecast.
Approach
The irrigation platform started in 2018 on 30 hectares, where recommendations went out by email as an Excel file. It now links field geographic data to a weather network and sends recommendations automatically to the person responsible. A second tool combines AI with satellite images of vine vigor to forecast harvest volume. A third, called Smart Winery, simulates vinification to estimate fermentation time and wine quality, and runs in two of the company's wineries.
Results
Takeaway
The irrigation tool began as an emailed spreadsheet on 30 hectares and grew to 1,116 hectares over five years.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Food and restaurants
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and MLComputer vision
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Forbes Chile describes three AI tools at Concha y Toro: irrigation recommendations, satellite-based harvest forecasting and the Smart Winery platform. It reports about 18% water savings across 1,116 hectares and a forecast error that fell from 20% to 15%. The figures come from the company and were not independently checked.
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