Aerial Doctors

Written By Dawn Dolan

When I first went to Rombauer for a journalist luncheon in April (I was invited! So cool!), I was introduced to a new way of looking at helping the vines though a process I hadn't known about. Aerial photograpahy, or Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), has been used at some of the "fancier" wineries for ten years or so, but I had never come across it. I was in awe of all the information they can glean from these heat-sensing, color-mapping photos. It's really cool. 

Then I was reading in my most recent, summer 2018 On Wisconsin magazine (like a good alumna does), and found that at UW-Madison, a Biological Systems Engineering team are doing a similar thing to find ways to use UAV (drones) to find where pests have invaded the cranberry crops.  Seems like they should get together and share info!

Here's my article from Wine Industry advisor.

Technology Advances Winemaking Practices at Rombauer

image shot at Ara Ha
 
Dawn Dolan

Written by Dawn Dolan, Author of the Maybelline Series Books

Dawn Dolan is a children’s author, grape farmer, and wine marketing consultant who enjoys her small farm and menagerie of farm dogs, barn cats, chickens, and her funny and capricious goats.

Dawn has spent her recent years working in the wine industry. On her small farm, she enjoys raising goats to show with her grandchildren. She’s learned to milk, make cheese, and less exciting things like trimming hooves and giving shots. She enjoys kidding season as there is nothing better than adorable grandchildren with adorable newborn goat kids!

After years of dreaming about writing for children, Dawn found her inspiration in an unexpected place—her own barnyard. Her debut series features Maybelline, a spirited baby goat, whose adventures are inspired by the funny, sweet, and sometimes naughty characters on Dawn’s farm.

https://MaybellineGoatBooks.com
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