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Rears Manufacturing 100-Gallon Vineyard Airblast Sprayer

Rears Manufacturing

Rears Manufacturing, based in Elmira, Oregon, builds airblast sprayers specifically designed for Pacific Northwest and California vineyard conditions. Their 100-gallon PTO-driven airblast sprayer is a workhorse unit used extensively in Willamette Valley Pinot Noir operations and North Coast California vineyards. The unit mounts on a tractor three-point hitch and delivers a 360-degree air blast pattern adjustable to concentrate coverage at the vine canopy zone. Built with stainless steel tanks and heavy-duty agitation, Rears sprayers are known for durability in the field.

$8,500 - $14,000

Caffini Micro 300 Vineyard Airblast Sprayer

Caffini

Caffini's Micro 300 is an Italian-made trailed vineyard airblast sprayer with a 300-liter tank designed for medium-scale wine grape operations. Caffini sprayers are widely used in Veneto, Trentino, and Tuscany wine regions and have significant adoption in California and Oregon. The Micro series uses an axial fan with polyethylene or stainless steel tank options and delivers uniform canopy penetration through adjustable duct systems. The unit is tractor-trailed and works effectively in standard 10-12 foot vineyard row spacing.

$12,000 - $19,000

Gregoire G7 Self-Propelled Mechanical Grape Harvester

Gregoire

The Gregoire G7 is a self-propelled straddling grape harvester used in large-scale wine grape operations in California, Washington, and France. The G7 uses horizontal rod shakers to dislodge berries, which collect on lateral belts and transfer to receiving bins. It accommodates row widths from 1.5 to 3.0 meters and is adaptable to VSP, GDC, and lyre trellis systems. The G7 includes a cab with climate control and GPS integration. Night harvesting capability allows operations to pick during cooler temperatures, which is increasingly important for white variety quality in warm climates.

$180,000 - $280,000

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Weather Station

Davis Instruments

The Davis Vantage Pro2 is the most widely deployed professional weather station in commercial viticulture in the United States. It measures temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, rainfall, barometric pressure, UV index, and solar radiation from a wireless sensor suite that transmits to a console or data logger. The Vantage Pro2 is used as the on-site weather data source for IPM decision support systems, irrigation scheduling tools, and frost monitoring programs across California, Oregon, and Washington wine regions. WeatherLink connectivity enables real-time remote access and API integration.

$595 - $900

Onset HOBO RX3000 Remote Monitoring Station

Onset Computer Corporation

The Onset HOBO RX3000 is a cellular-enabled environmental monitoring station used in research vineyards, precision irrigation management installations, and high-value estate production monitoring. It accepts a wide range of smart sensors covering temperature, humidity, soil moisture, rainfall, wind, and leaf wetness, and uploads data automatically to the HOBOlink web platform. The RX3000 is favored in university extension and research settings for its data quality and flexible sensor configuration, and is increasingly used by precision-oriented commercial producers in Napa, Sonoma, and Willamette Valley.

$900 - $1,800

Felco 2 Classic Pruning Shears

Felco

The Felco 2 is the most widely used manual pruning shear in commercial viticulture worldwide. Swiss-made with a forged aluminum handle and replaceable hardened steel blades, the Felco 2 has been the standard spur and cane pruning tool in wine grape production for decades. The compound-action cutting mechanism reduces hand fatigue compared to single-pivot designs. Every component is replaceable, giving the tool an effectively indefinite service life. The Felco 2 is right-hand only; the Felco 9 is the left-hand version.

$65 - $80

Bahco P160 Professional Pruning Shears

Bahco

The Bahco P160 is a professional bypass pruning shear used in vineyard operations as an alternative to Felco products. Swedish-made with a rotating handle option that reduces wrist strain over long pruning sessions, the P160 features hardened steel blades and an ergonomic grip profile. Bahco secateurs are widely used in European vineyards and have growing adoption in North American operations where ergonomics and hand fatigue are primary concerns. The rotating lower handle is particularly valued by full-time vineyard workers who prune for extended periods.

$55 - $75

Pellenc Optimum Electric Vine Pruner

Pellenc

The Pellenc Optimum is a battery-powered electric vine pruner designed to reduce operator fatigue compared to pneumatic and manual alternatives. It runs on Pellenc's lithium-ion battery system shared across their range of electric vineyard tools. The electronic blade release system controls cutting force and reduces hand strain across a full pruning shift. The Pellenc Optimum is widely used in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and Napa Valley pruning operations where the labor hours involved in pruning large acreages make fatigue reduction a measurable productivity factor.

$1,200 - $1,800

Gregoire-Besson Undervine Disc Cultivator

Gregoire-Besson

Gregoire-Besson undervine disc cultivators are used for mechanical weed control and soil management in the undervine zone without herbicides. The feeler-arm mechanism detects vine stakes or trunks and automatically swings the disc clear before returning to the working position. This automation makes mechanical undervine cultivation practical at normal tractor speeds. The tool is widely used in organic and sustainable viticulture programs in California, Oregon, and Europe where herbicide reduction or elimination is a certification requirement or management goal.

$8,500 - $16,000

Netafim UniRam Pressure-Compensating Vineyard Dripline

Netafim

Netafim UniRam is a pressure-compensating dripline designed for permanent vineyard and orchard installation on sloped terrain. Pressure-compensating emitters maintain consistent flow rates across varying terrain and long run lengths, which is critical in sloped vineyard sites where pressure variation across a run produces uneven water distribution. UniRam is specified by irrigation designers in California, Chile, Australia, and South Africa for new vineyard development where slope is a design constraint. The turbulent flow emitter path resists clogging from particulate matter in irrigation water.

$800 - $1,800

Orchard-Rite Wind Machine for Vineyard Frost Protection

Orchard-Rite

Orchard-Rite wind machines are propeller-driven frost protection systems widely used in California and Pacific Northwest vineyards, orchards, and vegetable production. The machines mix warmer air above the inversion layer down into the frost-susceptible crop canopy. A single unit protects 10 to 20 acres depending on site topography and temperature differential. They are most effective in radiation frost events where an inversion layer exists. Automatic thermostat start allows unattended operation, which is critical for early morning frost events that occur without advance warning.

$28,000 - $55,000

Atago N-1E Analog Refractometer for Brix

Atago

The Atago N-1E is an analog hand refractometer used for field Brix measurement in vineyard sampling. Brix measurement is the standard method for tracking fruit ripeness through the final 4 to 6 weeks before harvest, informing harvest timing decisions and winery intake logistics. The N-1E reads from 0 to 32 degrees Brix with 0.2 degree resolution. Temperature compensation is built in, which matters for accuracy in vineyard conditions where sample temperature varies. The analog optical design requires no batteries and is durable in field conditions.

$75 - $120

Irrometer Model R Tensiometer for Vineyard Irrigation

Irrometer Company

The Irrometer Model R is a soil tensiometer used for direct measurement of soil moisture tension in vineyard blocks. It measures the suction force that plant roots must exert to extract water from the soil, providing a direct indicator of plant-available water status independent of soil type. Installed at vine root zone depth, typically 12 and 24 inches, tensiometers give irrigation managers real-time data on when the soil has dried to a target tension level requiring irrigation. The Irrometer is the standard tensiometer reference in California and Oregon viticulture irrigation management programs.

$45 - $90

PMS Instrument Model 600 Pressure Chamber

PMS Instrument Company

The PMS Instrument Model 600 pressure chamber is the standard tool for measuring stem water potential (SWP) in wine grape vines. SWP measurement is the most accurate field method for assessing vine water stress and informing precision irrigation decisions. A leaf is enclosed in the chamber and nitrogen gas pressure is applied until xylem sap appears at the petiole cut, indicating the water potential of the vine. In California and Oregon premium viticulture, midday SWP measurements are recorded by block through the growing season to track water status and trigger irrigation events at target stress levels.

$1,200 - $1,800

Oxbo 2421 Trailed Grape Harvester

Oxbo International

The Oxbo 2421 is a tractor-pulled trailed grape harvester designed for wine and juice grape operations seeking mechanical harvest capability at lower capital cost than self-propelled machines. It uses a horizontal shaker system and is configured for standard row spacing from 9 to 12 feet. The 2421 is widely used in the eastern United States in Concord, Niagara, and wine grape production, and has significant adoption in Michigan, New York, and Ohio commercial vineyards. A tractor of 90 to 120 HP is required to pull and power the unit at operating speeds.

$80,000 - $130,000

Thermacell Propane Orchard Heater for Vineyard Frost

Thermacell / Generic Orchard Heaters

Propane orchard heaters (also called smudge pots or frost candles) provide direct heat for frost protection in vineyard blocks where wind machine coverage is insufficient or where spot treatment of low areas is needed. Modern versions use a controlled propane flame in a cast iron housing. They are effective in small areas and for spot treatment of blocks with highly variable topography. Propane heaters are most commonly used in small estate vineyards, high-value blocks at the margins of wind machine coverage zones, and in advective frost events where wind machines are ineffective.

$25 - $60

Pellenc Selective Process Grape Harvester

Pellenc

The Pellenc Selective Process harvester uses a destemming system integrated into the picking head to separate berries from stems and major debris during harvest. This pre-sorting approach delivers cleaner fruit to the winery bin, reducing whole-cluster material and leaf fragments compared to standard harvesters that collect everything dislodged from the vine. Pellenc harvesters are widely used in premium Burgundy, Languedoc, and California production where fruit quality from mechanical harvest is a primary consideration. The Selective Process is available in both trailed and self-propelled configurations.

$200,000 - $320,000

Star Post VSP Trellis System with End Anchor

Keystone Steel & Wire

Vertical shoot positioning trellis systems built on T-posts or star posts with end anchors and galvanized wire are the standard trellis infrastructure in North American wine grape production. Keystone Steel & Wire's star posts are used in the majority of VSP trellis installations in California, Oregon, Washington, and the eastern US. A complete VSP system consists of line posts at 8-10 foot spacing, corner and end posts with deadman or diagonal anchor bracing, and typically four to six wires including a cordon wire, two foliage catch wires, and one or two positioning wires.

$3 - $50

McNab Vineyard Vine Puller for Block Removal

McNab Equipment

Vine pullers are hydraulic or mechanical tractor-mounted tools used to remove old vines from blocks being replanted. The McNab vine puller uses a hydraulically actuated jaw that clamps onto the vine trunk and uses tractor power to extract the vine and root ball from the soil. This eliminates the need for chainsaw cutting and manual root digging, reducing the labor required for block removal from several days to a single tractor pass. Vine pulling is typically combined with deep subsoil ripping to address compaction and remaining root material before replanting.

$4,500 - $9,000