Have you always wondered what your neighbors are up to during harvest time? Or what if you could check on the average Brix of Sauvignon Blanc while eating dinner at home? This has been an ongoing need during harvest time, and we set out to solve just that.
2025 marked the first year of Harvest Watch, and we here at InnoVint are extremely proud of what it’s become. We’re on a mission to make it the most useful tool for winemakers, vineyard managers, and everyone involved in making wine.
If you don’t know what Harvest Watch is, it was the first of its kind real-time dashboard that brings together aggregated data and presents vareital and analysis averages across distinct regions. Along with current weather, tons crushed, and AQI, this one dashboard provides a 30,000-foot view into harvest.
For this episode of Expert Talks, we sat down with the data analyst behind the dashboard, Anna Muthig, while she pulled back the curtain on the process of creating the dashboard and what you can glean from it. We talked through how it came to life, why this matters to winemakers, and how we plan to continue the Harvest Watch for years to come.
How Harvest Watch Was Born
Like most good ideas, this one started with a simple observation. Dan, InnoVint’s CTO, noticed that winemakers often learned about harvest progression in informal and happenstance ways — chatting with a friend after work, running into a colleague at the grocery store, or hearing bits and pieces around town. These exchanges were helpful, but they were purely anecdotal and based on tiny sample sizes.
That sparked a thought: what if InnoVint could become a trusted, data-driven source for understanding what’s happening across the region during harvest?
From that idea came Harvest Watch — a public dashboard that visualizes aggregated, anonymized data to reveal regional harvest trends day by day, giving the wine community a clearer, shared picture of the season’s progress.
How You Can Use Harvest Watch
These are the things we thought would be the most impactful to know in real time. Anna mentioned the dashboard started with 4x the amount of data than it has today. We’ve worked hard to distill it down to the most impactful parts, including:
- Regional Comparison: See how your vineyard or winery compares to others in your region.
- Varietal and AVA Filters: Narrow results to specific grape types and AVAs.
- Historical Benchmarks: Compare the current harvest to previous years.
- Weather & AQI Tracking: Monitor conditions impacting fruit maturity and safety.
- Real-Time Data Updates: Access ongoing metrics without waiting for reports.
This combination of production data, environmental metrics, and historical context helps wineries make more data-driven harvest decisions.
The Future of Harvest Watch
As for what the future holds for Harvest Watch, we plan to add additional regions for next year’s iteration, making Harvest Watch a truly national harvest tracking platform for the wine industry.
If you used Harvest Watch this harvest, we want to hear from you! Your feedback shapes what comes next. (There’s even a little “feedback” button in the bottom corner of the dashboard.)
This is just the start. Harvest Watch isn’t just a dashboard — it’s a new way for winemakers to make better decisions when they matter most.
Check out the full video episode above, and view the harvest watch dashboard.