SCOUTING ON-THE-GONEW APP ADVISES GRAPE GROWERS

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ANEW MOBILE APPLICATION for grape growers, The Vineyard Advisor, had its genesis in asingle question, says the app's lead developer, Ed Hellman: "I approached it from someone walking in a vineyard and saying 'What is this?'"Hellman, a Professor of Viticulture at Texas Tech University, led the development of the Vineyard Advisor while holding a jointappointment as viticulture Extension Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Hellman is now full-time with Texas Tech, based in Fredericksburg, where he is leading expansion of viticulture and enology teaching and research programs in thefamed Texas Hill Country.