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Vineyard owners and farmers: I built a tool to replace my field notebook + spreadsheets — looking for honest feedback

Hi everyone,

I’m the founder of Vinesight, a vineyard management app that started because I was frustrated watching growers juggle notebooks, spreadsheets, lab PDFs, weather apps, and memory to make critical decisions.

Most tools I found were either:

  • Overbuilt enterprise software, or
  • Too generic to be useful for vineyards

So I built something very practical and vineyard-first.

What it does today:

  • Store vineyard blocks, varieties, spacing, and seasons
  • Log irrigation, sprays, fertigation, labor, and harvests
  • Upload soil & petiole reports → get clear, actionable summaries
  • ET-based irrigation planning (not guesswork)
  • Simple task reminders (sprays, irrigation, sampling, etc.)
  • Designed to work in the field on mobile, not just desktop

What I’m not doing:

  • No hardware selling
  • No “AI buzzwords” without real value
  • No replacing your agronomist

The goal is simple:
Fewer mistakes, better records, and calmer decision-making during the season.

I’m opening this up to vineyard owners / managers in the US who want to try it and tell me:

  • What’s useful
  • What’s missing
  • What’s annoying

If this sounds relevant, comment or DM me and I’ll share access.
Happy to answer any questions here publicly as well.

Thanks — and genuinely curious how others are managing vineyard records today.

— Ashish





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For 15 years, Athan Zafirov has traveled the vineyards around the world and worked with some of the greatest chefs including Francois Duc and Alan Brown.


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