E. & J. Gallo deploys data-driven app to harvest a better grape

The world’s oldest winery is a cool, dry cave near the tiny village of Areni, in southeast Armenia. In late 2010, researchers unearthed a host of vintner’s tools there, dating back 6,000 years: fermentation vessels, withered grape skins and drinking cups. It was an astonishing testament to the longevity of winemaking, an art that many equate with sophistication itself. (No one felt this more passionately than Ernest Hemingway, who insisted that “wine is the most civilized thing