Wineries may use wireless to sense vine conditions: Sonoma County growers are testing a Wi-Fi-based monitoring system to help reduce and control inputs like water and pesticides. It may also provide more detail about the pico-climates to produce more reliable crops. Rodents chewed through some of the cables for the monitors--it's not 100-percent wireless, of course!--setting back the project a bit. [link via Agen Schmitz]