Running today on a real vineyard in Spokane, WA
Know what your vines need before they need it.
Mind the Vine pairs low-cost soil sensors with smart irrigation control and an AI copilot — so you water less, spray on time, and never guess.
Block A
Cabernet Franc · 14 rows
Soil moisture · Row 2
28.4%
Last 24 hours · node-02 · 8″ depth
Irrigation · OpenSprinkler
Disease risk · today
Spray window open — no rain for 72 h
100
Cab Franc vines tracked live
3+
Soil nodes reporting from the rows
3
OpenSprinkler zones under control
24/7
Disease models watching the weather
What it is
A nervous system for your vineyard
Three pieces that work together — or stand alone. Sensors watch, irrigation acts, and intelligence ties it to the season.
Eyes in the soil
Wireless sensor nodes report soil moisture, temperature, humidity and leaf wetness from every row — so you stop guessing what the roots are doing.
Hands on the water
Native OpenSprinkler integration puts zones, schedules and moisture-driven watering in one dashboard. Your controller stays local — no cloud, no subscription.
A brain for the season
Disease-risk models for downy mildew, powdery mildew and botrytis run on your own weather data, and an AI copilot answers “should I irrigate today?” — with your numbers, not vibes.
What it does
Everything between the vine and the vintage
One dashboard for the whole operation — from soil readings to spray records to harvest.
Block & vine GIS
Vineyards, blocks, rows and vines with GPS polygons. Know exactly what's planted where.
Sensor ingestion
Soil moisture, temperature, humidity and leaf wetness over HTTP or MQTT. Battery/solar node friendly.
OpenSprinkler native
Talk directly to your local OpenSprinkler controller. Full zone control, no middleman.
Tasks & spray records
Pruning, spraying, scouting and harvest work orders with REI/PHI compliance tracking.
Disease risk models
Downy/powdery mildew and botrytis risk from your own weather data, recomputed daily.
AI copilot
Ask what to do — irrigation, spray timing, frost calls. Every AI decision is logged with its reasoning.
How it helps
Less water. Fewer surprises. Better wine.
Mind the Vine doesn't replace your judgment — it replaces the guessing that used to come before it.
Water only when the soil says so
Replace fixed timers with moisture-driven irrigation. Your vines get water when the root zone actually needs it — not because it's Tuesday.
Catch mildew before you see it
Infection models watch temperature and leaf wetness around the clock, so spray timing is driven by risk — not by the calendar or by panic.
Fewer trips down the row
Check every block from your phone. One glance tells you which rows are dry, which nodes need batteries, and what ran last night.
Every decision logged
Spray records, irrigation runs, sensor history and AI recommendations — all timestamped. Compliance and hindsight, for free.
Hardware
A sensor node that sips power
Our reference node is built around the ESP32-C6: a capacitive soil probe, battery plus solar, Wi-Fi uploads, and deep sleep between readings. Months in the field, not days.
Soil moisture + temp
Capacitive probe in the root zone. No corrosion, no consumables.
Battery + solar
Runs for months. A small panel keeps it topped up through the season.
Phone provisioning
Claim a node over Bluetooth and assign it to a row — no laptop in the field.
Open design
Firmware and hardware notes are published. Build your own or buy nodes from us.
How it works
Up and running in an afternoon
Drop nodes in the rows
Push a sensor node into the root zone, claim it with your phone over Bluetooth, assign it to a row. Done in minutes.
Connect your irrigation
Point Mind the Vine at your OpenSprinkler controller. Zones, schedules and manual runs appear in the dashboard.
Let the data drive
Watch moisture trends, get disease-risk alerts, and ask the copilot what to do next. You still make the calls — now with evidence.
Early access
Put your vineyard on the list
Tell us about your operation and what you're growing. We'll reach out as early-access spots open — founding growers help shape the roadmap.
The signup form isn't wired up yet — email us directly and we'll add you:
hello@mindthevine.aiFAQ
Fair questions
Do I need your hardware?
No. Any sensor that can POST readings over HTTP or publish over MQTT works. We also publish an open ESP32 node design and firmware if you want to build your own.
Does it work if my internet goes down?
Your OpenSprinkler controller keeps running locally no matter what — Mind the Vine never sits in the critical path for watering. Sensor data just queues until you're back online.
Who sees my vineyard data?
Only you. Mind the Vine is multi-tenant with strict per-account isolation. Your blocks, readings and records are yours.
What does it cost?
We're in early access while the platform matures on a real working vineyard. Join the list and you'll hear first when pricing lands — early growers get founding terms.
Is this built by actual growers?
Yes — it runs a real Cabernet Franc vineyard in Spokane, Washington. Every feature exists because a vine needed it.