Author Archives: Reinier

Walt Hamera farms avocados, specialty coffee, and winegrapes in De Luz, California, and is a Vinduino customer. “Even though I had a soil moisture monitoring system in place,” says Mr. Hamera, “I was not satisfied with the data it was giving me or how that data was being used. In my search for a more […]

Harvest results are in!! Next to being an AgTech company, we also operate a commercial vineyard, known as one of the highest quality Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in our region. By optimizing irrigation with our Vinduino system, and a little help from nature, we accomplished our BEST HARVEST EVER. We reduced our water use, and DOUBLED […]

Southern California farmers are several years ahead of their European colleagues, successfully growing crops under severe drought and extreme temperature conditions. Our European partner Elmibit developed their analytics software eVineyard and eOrchard in concert with Southern California-based Vinduino. Our solution gives farmers a head start advantage when adapting farm practices to changing climate conditions. Securing […]

“The idea for Vinduino started 5 years ago when I was looking for a system to optimize irrigation water use in my vineyard,” says Reinier van der Lee, CEO and founding farmer at Vinduino.  “Solutions were there, but only affordable for large farm operations. Even today, small- and mid-size growers are still left out.” We […]