Bernard Magrez - Anticipate the effects of climate change in the vineyard by using satellite imagery

Deep Planet’s technology was featured during the 2023 En Primeurs promotion at Château Pape Clément, the flagship property of the Bernard Magrez group, in the Pessac-Léognan appellation of Bordeaux. During the course of the 2022 season, customer Bernard Magrez, in collaboration with EIT Food Rising Food Stars undertook a project to determine vineyard health and soil conditions, particularly in the backdrop of a challenging vintage which included localised droughts, soil hydric stress, and unprecedented wildfires. Find below an excerpt of the article on their website (with link at the bottom of the page), and accompanying video.

“Bernard Magrez joins forces with space-tech company to anticipate climate change in its vineyards using satellite imagery and cutting-edge forecasts with Deep Planet, a start-up member of our incubator and supported by the European Space Agency.

The objective of this study is to use data acquired by the Sentinel 2 satellite which orbits 786 km above our heads to precisely identify the areas of the vineyard most sensitive to drought. Using regular satellite images, Deep Planet’s predictive algorithms provide dynamic information on vineyard health.

The first results at Château Pape Clément show that the quantity of water available in the soil varies significantly within the same plot.

These climatic and environmental challenges push us to reinvent our profession of winegrower in order to live up to the 770 years of wine-growing history at Château Pape Clément, Grand Cru Classé de Graves.”

To read more :

English: https://www.chateau-pape-clement.fr/en/anticipation-changement-climatique-espace

French: https://www.chateau-pape-clement.fr/anticipation-changement-climatique-espace