One good water call can protect a season’s margin.
Make the most of the water you already have. Each morning on WhatsApp, Rigo AI shows which blocks need water today, how much, and when to pump, from your own probes, records and the weather. Less waste, fewer stressed vines, lower pumping costs.
- Every morning on WhatsApp
- No new hardware to start
- Your consultant signs off
What Rigo AI does
Every block. Every morning. One clear water decision.
Rigo AI reads the records you already keep, checks that the data can be trusted, and ranks your blocks against the water and pump hours you actually have. It never opens a valve. You decide, and Rigo keeps the record.
- ActB-07 CheninTonight 22:00 · 690 m³
- ActB-09 CabernetWed 02:00 · 1,450 m³
- HoldB-04 ShirazCheck today · —
- DeficitB-12 ColombarNext: Mon · 0 m³
- WatchB-03 Sauv. blancPlan Fri · —
- OKB-01 Pinotageinside target
- ActB-07 CheninTonight 22:00 · 690 m³
- ActB-09 CabernetWed 02:00 · 1,450 m³
- HoldB-04 ShirazCheck today · —
- DeficitB-12 ColombarNext: Mon · 0 m³
- WatchB-03 Sauv. blancPlan Fri · —
- OKB-01 Pinotageinside target
- ActB-07 CheninTonight 22:00 · 690 m³
- ActB-09 CabernetWed 02:00 · 1,450 m³
- HoldB-04 ShirazCheck today · —
- DeficitB-12 ColombarNext: Mon · 0 m³
- WatchB-03 Sauv. blancPlan Fri · —
- OKB-01 Pinotageinside target
Why it matters
You already have the water. Rigo AI helps you use it well.
Your quota, your dam and your pump hours are set. What you control is where each cubic metre goes, how much, and when. Getting that right on every block, every day, is where the money is made or lost.
This morning’s brief
ACTB-07 · 690 m³ tonight, off-peak
HOLDB-04 · still wet, water can wait
Before and after
Five things every vineyard manager knows. Sorted before breakfast.
Your data is in five places
Probe app, irrigation spreadsheet, weather app, the team WhatsApp group. Pulling it together eats your morning.
One brief before the day starts
Every block, what it needs today and why, in one WhatsApp message.
06:00 · 12 blocks ranked · 3 need water today
320 000 m³
water on a 64 ha farm in a season
At a 5 000 m³/ha planning figure. Rigo helps place every one of them.
R11 000
net income per hectare
What a typical year leaves after R75 800/ha in costs (Vinpro). Margins are thin.
R39 150
one block watered too late
5% yield lost on a 9 ha premium block in the heat, at R87 000/ha. Example.
Examples from published averages and an example 64 ha farm, not results. In the pilot we measure the real number on your blocks.
On your phone
Rigo AI in the palm of your hand.
Get your job done in 3 simple steps. No new app to learn: it all happens on WhatsApp, where your team already talks.
- Step 1The brief arrives on WhatsAppEvery morning, your blocks in order: what to water first and why.
- Step 2You approve with one tapOr change it. The call is always yours.
- Step 3The foreman gets the job doneThe job goes to the foreman, and Rigo records when it’s done.
- Heat Thu–Sat38–40 °C forecast
- ACTB-07 tonight22:00 · 690 m³ · off-peak
- Hold B-04Probe stuck 52 h
- Recorded 06:07Approved, sent to the foreman
Why this season
This summer, every block will compete for water.
Dams are lower than last year, winter was dry and the summer will be hot. The question isn’t whether water matters. It’s which blocks get it first.
- 79.9%
- Western Cape dams on 9 Oct 2026, and fallingSource: EWN
- 14.4 mm
- Cape Town’s July rain, the lowest in 68 yearsSource: SAWS
- Hotter
- Above-normal heat expected through January, with more heatwavesSource: SAWS
- 60–87%
- How much farms cut water use in the 2017/18 droughtSource: AgriSA
One order for every pressure
Know which blocks need water before the heatwave.
Heat, scheme cuts, shared pumps and the harvest all squeeze the same water. Rigo AI puts them in one order, block by block.
See the use cases
Use cases
The four water calls that cost the most.
A heatwave is coming on Thursday.
Know which blocks must be watered before it, and in which pump window, so you don’t burn fruit or pay peak power prices.
Read the use caseThe scheme cuts your water by 15%.
Know which blocks to protect and which can run lean, so you lose the least income. Your tiers, your call. Rigo shows the trade-off.
Read the use caseA probe reading looks wrong.
Know whether it’s the vine or the sensor, so you don’t act on bad data. Rigo checks every reading first and holds back instead of guessing.
Read the use caseThe season ends.
Have a record of every water decision and what happened next, for next year’s plan, your bank, your cellar and your water-use reporting.
Read the use caseHow it works
Three steps, every morning of the season.
- 01
Reads what you already have
Block list, irrigation log, weather and any probe exports. No new hardware.
- 02
Checks, then ranks your blocks
Bad data gets a Hold and a check. Good data becomes one ranked list against your water.
- 03
You decide on WhatsApp
Approve in one tap. The foreman gets the job. Rigo records what happened next.
Who it’s for
Made for the people who run the water.
- Vineyard managersGet the brief and decide in one tap.
- Irrigation foremenGet the approved job: block, pump, time.
- ConsultantsSet and sign off the targets per block.
- Owners and GMsSee where the water went, and what it protected.
The 2026/27 pilot
One farm. One summer. Measured.
We’re choosing one irrigated wine farm for the 2026/27 pilot: 4–8 blocks, Dec to Mar, no new hardware to start. You decide if it’s worth paying for.