Vineyard of the Future Data Hub
Bringing vineyard data together to support better decisions across the wine industry
August 11, 2026
AxisTech was proud to be part of the Vineyard of the Future Data Hub, developed through a partnership between Charles Sturt University and AgriPark, Food Agility CRC, Wine Australia and AxisTech.
The project brought together vineyard research, industry knowledge and digital technology to demonstrate how information from multiple sources could be integrated and presented through one central platform to support grower decision making.
Australia’s wine industry is under increasing pressure to improve productivity, manage rising input costs and respond to changing environmental, market and regulatory expectations. At the same time, vineyards are producing growing volumes of information through weather stations, soil moisture probes and other sensors, machinery and autonomous vehicles, laboratory test results and vineyard management systems.
The challenge is not simply collecting more data. It is bringing that information together in a way that creates context and helps vineyard managers, researchers and industry organisations make informed decisions.
The challenge
Vineyard data is often spread across multiple separate technology platforms, spreadsheets, paper records and supplier systems. Each source may provide valuable information, but users can be required to move between multiple applications to understand what is happening across their vineyard, with no single point of truth.
This fragmentation also limits the value of historical information and makes it more difficult to combine operational, environmental and research data for forecasting, benchmarking, sustainability reporting and longer-term planning.
The project required the development of a Data Hub capable of integrating multiple vineyard data sources into one interface and one point of truth, supporting decisions relating to vineyard operations.
Developing the Data Hub
AxisTech led the development of the Vineyard of the Future Data Hub, using the AxisStream data management platform as the technical foundation for a dedicated project environment.
The Hub was designed to bring together information from sources including:
- Weather stations and climate data
- Soil moisture probes and environmental sensors
- Soil and laboratory testing
- Pest, disease and biosecurity modelling and monitoring
- Machinery and autonomous vehicles
- Vineyard operations, production data and historical records
- Satellite and spatial information
Rather than replacing the systems already used by vineyards, the Data Hub provides a central environment where information can be integrated, organised and presented through one secure interface.
The demonstration included the Charles Sturt University vineyard and participating industry vineyards from NSW wine regions. This allowed the project team to work with different data structures, property configurations and historical records, reflecting the complexity that exists across commercial vineyard operations.
AxisTech appreciated the opportunity to work closely with the project partners and participating vineyards. Their knowledge, experience and willingness to provide input and feedback were important in shaping the Data Hub and ensuring its development remained connected to real industry requirements.
Beyond Dashboards
A key grower-initiated feature of the Data Hub is the Vineyard Growth Calendar, which presents the vineyard season from dormancy through budburst, flowering and fruit set, berry development, veraison and harvest and post-harvest.
The calendar connects each stage of the growing cycle and vineyard activities most relevant at that time with monitoring information, data collection and decision points. This includes areas such as weather, soil, water quality, pest and disease, leaf and nutrient monitoring and record keeping. By organising information around the seasonal lifecycle of the vineyard, the calendar helps users navigate a large volume of data, or disparate and fragmented data in a way that is clear, familiar and relevant to the decisions being made throughout the year.
Another key feature was alerts. Feedback from growers was that while they wanted to have a single inface they also wanted information and issues or potential issues brought to attention, not just available in a dashboard view. To deliver on this an alerts capability was provided to enable any current or forecast data parameter or parameters to be able to trigger an alert via SMS or email. Of particular highlight was the ability to alert on forecast and actual frost event rather than relying on a user to login to a platform during the night. This then establishes a foundational feature for future automation.
AxisTech’s role
AxisTech’s role extended beyond creating dashboards and visualisations. The project required the development of the underlying data infrastructure needed to bring information together from different technologies and sources and the activities included:
- Established the Data Hub environment and user access
- Mapped and onboarded vineyard datasets
- Systems integrations for sensors, climate, operational and machinery data
- Created seasonal growth calendars and mapped to key data collection points or data sets
- Developed dashboards for different vineyard and research requirements
- Created alert rules and alert functions for notifications
- Supported user onboarding, demonstrations and industry feedback
- Built a scalable foundation for additional vineyards, technologies and datasets
The AxisTech project team were able to accommodate varied information from participating vineyards while providing a consistent environment in which the data could be accessed and viewed.
For AxisTech, the project was a great opportunity to apply our experience supporting complex, collaborative industry projects and bring together information from a wide range of technologies, data sources and organisations.
Designed with industry
A key part of the pilot was testing the Data Hub with people who understand how vineyard information is used in day-to-day operations.
Feedback highlighted that successfully bringing the data together was only the first step. For the Hub to become a regular decision-making tool, users needed to quickly identify what required attention rather than simply being presented with more information.
Industry feedback informed improvements and future development priorities and helped move the project beyond a technology demonstration and towards a platform designed around the way vineyard managers, researchers and industry stakeholders use information.
AxisTech is grateful to the vineyard representatives and industry participants who shared their time, knowledge and honest feedback throughout the project. Their contribution helped identify where the greatest value could be created and provided clear direction for future development.
The outcome and building the foundation for future vineyard intelligence
The Vineyard of the Future Data Hub delivered a secure, centralised environment that brings together historical and real-time vineyard information from multiple technologies and presents it in ways suited to different users. Features such as the Vineyard Growth Calendar organise data around the seasonal needs of the vineyard, supporting more informed decisions across irrigation, water management, pests, disease and broader operations, while also providing a valuable foundation for research and future decision-support tools. AxisTech is proud of the role our team played in turning the project vision into a working digital platform and grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Charles Sturt University and AgriPark, Food Agility CRC, Wine Australia and the participating vineyards. We look forward to seeing how the Data Hub and wider Vineyard of the Future initiative continue to evolve and contribute to a more connected and data-informed future for the Australian wine industry.
For more information, please contact AxisTech – info@axistech.co.