Cheers! How drones are helping the wine industry  Glasses of
white wine Technology is being used to find the optimum areas to
grow grapes for the best tasting wine  Unmanned aircraft,
satellite mapping and ground sensors controlled by tablet
computers - not 21st century espionage but 21st century wine
making.  In recent years producers of new world wines have been
particularly enthusiastic about embracing what's known as
"precision viticulture" according to David Green, a geography
professor at the University of Aberdeen who specialises in the
subject.  Technology of Business  Precision viticulture (PV) is
the gathering of all sorts of data about a vineyard, from sunny
spots to soil humidity, which is then mapped and analysed in
order to grow the best grapes possible on the optimum parts of
the site.  "Most precision viticulture originated in America and
Australia," said Prof Green.  "Commercial vineyards have a lot
more money and the vineyards are that much bigger. In France the
process is still very traditi