3 reasons winemakers make better decisions

PROCESS2WINE® interactive mapping and reporting system is easy to use, and underneath that ease of use is the power of a complete system that spans every part of a winery’s business, from vineyard management to wine production. Its web and mobile apps are intuitive and efficient, letting you track your work and access technical data from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

PROCESS2WINE® interactive mapping and reporting system is easy to use, and underneath that ease of use is the power of a complete system that spans every part of a winery’s business, from vineyard management to wine production. Its web and mobile apps are intuitive and efficient, letting you track your work and access technical data from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

Veraison check using Process2Wine’s on-the-go mobile version.

1. Intuitive harvest planning with Process2Wine mapping

The human brain can process entire images in the blink of an eye, much more quickly than reading text or numbers. That’s part of what makes Process2Wine more effective than any other grape-growing or winemaking software. Developed by wine industry experts with decades of practical experience, the interactive mapping system provides winemakers with a clear picture of essential information from the vineyard.

A quick scan of the real-time vineyard maps gives you a birds-eye view of where each block’s harvest stands and provides crop harvest estimates. During crush, those two clicks on your mobile device each morning lets you know which blocks are coming into the winery later in the day and which are next in line for tomorrow. This ensures there are no last-minute scrambles to find tank capacity.

Veraison check using Process2Wine’s on-the-go mobile version.

1. Intuitive harvest planning with Process2Wine mapping

2. Cost reporting at a glance

Process2Wine is the only software with an interactive costing module that includes every step in your winery year. This comprehensive capability puts you in total control of your entire grape-to-bottle process in a single software package.

The easy-to-use color-blocked chart lets you quickly identify high-cost areas. A single click on a color block takes you to a breakdown of purchasing, equipment, labor and other costs so you can determine whether supplies, overhead, crop under-estimates, spraying, pruning, or some other factor is driving your overhead costs. Another click lets you compare the costs across multiple vintages. This intuitive yet powerful tool lets you manage all your operations with ease.

Process2Wine’s color-blocked reports make it easy to see cost drivers and compare vintages at a glance.

2. Cost reporting at a glance

Process2Wine’s color-blocked reports make it easy to see cost drivers and compare vintages at a glance.

And since you’re already thinking about the next vintage during harvest and post-harvest reporting, using the Process2Wine system means metrics are already in place for planning your next vintage. You might be at a vineyard for harvest talking with your grape grower and decide to review the past three years together. You can easily open your mobile app and review the metrics for grape production and the wines produced, letting you make decisions on the go.

Process2Wine’s fermentation module lets you compare progress in tanks and quickly check Brix and temperature trends.

3. Metrics & maps guide decisions and planning

The busy fermentation period can always use a time-saver, and Process2Wine’s reporting system makes a winemaker’s work more efficient by helping manage and increase the quality of each vintage. The software’s real-time graphic tracks the progress of Brix curves through fermentation, ensuring you can make timely adjustments or restart a stalled fermentation without downtime. Process2Wine takes this to the next level with the ability to make comparisons across vintages, varietals and tanks in one simple chart.

Process2Wine’s fermentation module lets you compare progress in tanks and quickly check Brix and temperature trends.

3. Metrics & maps guide decisions and planning

With all the information about fermentation, vineyard management, yield, and production gathered year after year, you can also use Process2Wine software to compare past years to plan beyond the current vintage. For example, side-by-side maps can compare expected and actual volumes, weights and yields per acre for different vintages. Click on a vineyard block to drill down to the type of soil, spacing, nutrients, irrigation and pesticides used that year. These interactive mapping tools flow with your thought processes as you evaluate alternatives and choose the optimal plan for the coming year.

Plan for future vintages by reviewing and comparing past vintages side-by-side with Process2Wine’s interactive maps.

Process2Wine has gathered a North American team with viticultural degrees and experience in both the vineyard and the cellar. Their California office allows the team to focus on the unique issues facing growers and estate producers of all sizes throughout the US and Canada. General manager Clement Chivite has made wine worldwide and brings his expert knowledge to bear on winemakers’ challenges. Business developer Erik Johansen grew up in wine country, and after 20 years of selling wine, understands the industry and the needs of prospects & customers. They and their local support team bring a personal connection to relationships, training and support.

Process2Wine’s strength is working with family-owned and operated estate wineries that demand high quality from their grapes and wines — and expect the same from their software provider. The Process2Wine team understands that each family-owned winery and the teams behind it have a unique way of doing business. So, the software was built to be customizable to the way YOU run your winery while keeping the price affordable. To learn more about Process2Wine’s easy-to-use software and take advantage of its unmatched power as a complete vineyard-to-winery system, contact Erik Johansen at erik.johansen@ertus.com.