What it’s worth
One good water call can protect a season’s margin.
Know which vineyard to water first.
Try your numbers
What protecting a little yield is worth.
Grapes cost about R75 800 per hectare to grow, and the margin is thin: roughly R11 000 per hectare. Protecting a little yield on your best blocks in a hard week moves that margin. Try your own numbers.
Type your own numbers. The results update as you type.
Average cost plus net income ≈ R87 000. Use your own.
A heatwave caught a day late can cost more than this.
Value protected in one hard season
That’s about 5% of a typical year’s net farm income on 64 ha.
One bad call
R39 1505% lost on one 9 ha premium block
If the scheme cuts 15%
48 000 m³water you’ll have to take from some blocks. Rigo shows which.
Example only, from your inputs and published averages (Vinpro Cost Guide 2025/26; 5 000 m³/ha planning figure). Not a promise and not a result. In the pilot we measure the real number on your blocks.
How we’ll prove it: with the vine, the meter and the Eskom bill, not opinions.
The vine
Stem readings stay inside the target band your consultant set.
The water meter
Water per block against last season, adjusted for a hotter summer.
The Eskom bill
More of your pumping lands in off-peak hours.
The record
Actions done before the window closed. Every time-stamp kept.
Your consultant
Ranks the same days blind. We check that Rigo agrees.
Your money
We only continue if it’s worth paying for. You decide.
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.
