Rows of vines. An empty equipment barn.That's an open invitation.
Wine estates spread across acres of open blocks, remote equipment barns, and a tasting room that's the only building anyone's watching. Tractors and vineyard equipment walk off overnight, copper and drip line disappear row by row, and barrels and finished inventory sit in outbuildings with no power run to them at all. VDS deploys solar-autonomous surveillance across the estate, reads every plate at the gate, watches for smoke before it becomes a fire, and puts a live SOC operator on every alert — no guard, no trenching, no grid power required.
Exposed sites.
High-value targets with no one watching.
Minimal staffing, sprawling ground, and valuable assets in the open — the conditions that turn a site into a soft target the moment everyone goes home.
Tractor and equipment theft
Tractors, sprayers, and vineyard equipment sit in a remote barn with no power, no cameras, and no one nearby overnight — an easy trailer-and-tow job in the dark.
Copper and drip-line theft
Miles of drip irrigation and copper wiring run through the blocks, out of sight of any building, where a few quiet hours can strip a whole row before dawn.
Wine, barrel, and tasting-room theft
Barrel rooms, case goods, and the tasting room hold high-value inventory and retail stock that's an easy after-hours target once the last pour is poured and the doors are locked.
Trespass and harvest-season grape theft
Open acreage with no perimeter means anyone can drive or walk in unnoticed — and during harvest, ripe fruit itself becomes a target for opportunistic picking and theft.
Drop the trailer.
The SOC takes it from here.
Solar-autonomous surveillance with AI analytics and live SOC operators. No power, no internet, no guards required.
Every vehicle.
Every block.
License plate recognition at the estate entrance logs every vehicle in and out — tractors, delivery trucks, seasonal crews, visitors — tying every arrival to a time and a plate and flagging vehicles that shouldn't be there.
- Automatic plate capture at the estate gate, day and night
- Entry/exit log tied to time and plate
- Hotlist alerts for flagged or unfamiliar vehicles
- Evidence packages for law enforcement and claims
STEP 01Open blocks.
A watched barn.
The MSU covers vineyard blocks and the equipment barn from an elevated mast, classifying people versus vehicles and flagging movement across rows or around outbuildings after hours — in full darkness, with no power run to the site.
- Elevated coverage across vineyard blocks and equipment yards
- AI human and vehicle classification
- After-hours movement alerts around barns and barrel rooms
- Full-darkness thermal detection, no ambient light required
STEP 02Smoke, spotted early.
Before it's a fire.
In wildfire-prone wine country, VDS analytics scan for smoke and fire signatures across the estate around the clock — an early-warning layer that comes bundled with the same units watching for theft and trespass.
- Continuous smoke and fire signature detection
- Alerts routed to the SOC the moment smoke is flagged
- Coverage across blocks, barns, and structures alike
- An added layer of protection at no extra hardware cost
STEP 03No guard on the estate.
A live operator instead.
Every alert — a vehicle at the barn, movement in the blocks, smoke on a ridge line — routes to a live SOC operator who verifies it, issues a real-time audio warning, and escalates to law enforcement or fire response with footage.
- Live operator verification on every alert
- Real-time voice-down warnings through the on-unit speaker
- Escalation to law enforcement or fire services with footage
- Monthly incident and access reporting
STEP 04Every asset on site.
One platform.
The MSU adapts to how an estate is laid out. Here are the scenarios vineyard and winery operators deploy for most often.
Equipment barns & outbuildings
Remote barns holding tractors, sprayers, and vineyard equipment with no power run to them and no one nearby overnight.
Vineyard blocks & rows
Open acreage where irrigation lines, copper, and ripening fruit sit exposed across ground too large to watch on foot.
Tasting room & retail
The customer-facing building holding case goods, retail inventory, and point-of-sale — an after-hours target once the doors are locked.
Barrel rooms & cellars
High-value wine inventory in storage buildings that often sit apart from the main house with minimal existing coverage.
Estate gate & entrance
The single access point onto the property, where LPR ties every vehicle to a time and plate and flags unfamiliar traffic.
Harvest-season & seasonal-labor sites
Temporary crews, contractor vehicles, and elevated grape-theft risk during the weeks the estate is busiest and hardest to watch.
Real operators.
Real numbers.
Every metric below comes from a real VDS winery and vineyard customer. Names protected per agreement.
Customer-reported outcomes from VDS deployments. Results vary by site conditions, monitoring configuration, and response protocols. How we measure →
We lost a tractor out of the equipment barn and didn't know until the next morning. Now the barn's covered, the gate logs every vehicle in and out, and the smoke detection alone is worth it during fire season.
MSU-A · FLAGSHIPLPR + FIRE/SMOKE · VINEYARDS & WINERIESThe Mobile Surveillance Unit.
Built for the whole estate.
Gate LPR, vineyard block and barn coverage, fire & smoke early detection, and 24/7 SOC monitoring — all from a single solar-autonomous trailer that needs no power hookup and no trenching across the property.
From assessment
to covered.
Most estates go from initial conversation to a live trailer on the property inside 7 business days.
Site assessment
We review your estate layout, equipment barn, tasting room, gate, and vineyard blocks, plus prior theft or wildfire exposure. Fast quote turnaround.
Sensor configuration
Camera presets, LPR capture at the gate, detection zones across blocks and barns, and fire & smoke thresholds configured for your specific site.
Delivery & commissioning
Trailer delivered, mast raised, cameras and LPR calibrated. SOC monitoring begins immediately. No trenching or power hookup required.
Monitoring & reporting
Monthly incident reports, vehicle and access logs, and system health delivered automatically. Trailer relocated as harvest season and risk shift.
Common questions.
How fast can VDS deploy at a vineyards & wineries site?
A mobile surveillance unit is live in under 20 minutes once it arrives — most vineyards & wineries sites go from first call to monitored coverage in days, not months. Most estates go from initial conversation to a live trailer on the property inside 7 business days.
Do the units need power or internet at the site?
No. VDS units are solar-autonomous with battery storage and connect over cellular (4G/5G), so there is no trenching, no generator refueling schedule, and no dependence on site IT. That is what makes them practical for sites where fixed infrastructure is missing or still under construction.
What happens when the system detects someone after hours?
AI detection classifies the event and filters routine motion before a person ever sees it. A SOC operator verifies the live feed, challenges intruders by voice through 120 dB speakers with strobes, and — when it escalates — dispatches police with live video of the scene.
Which vineyards & wineries security problems does monitored surveillance address?
The most common incidents at vineyards & wineries sites are tractor and equipment theft, copper and drip-line theft, wine, barrel, and tasting-room theft, trespass and harvest-season grape theft — the same exposure areas covered in the sections above. Monitored coverage addresses them by making the site actively watched instead of just recorded.
Can VDS work alongside our existing guards or security partner?
Yes — that is the standard model. Monitored surveillance carries the perimeter and after-hours watch, so people — yours or your security partner's — handle verified incidents instead of standing watch over empty hours. The SOC can route verified alerts to your team, your guard provider, or police dispatch.
Cover the whole estate this harvest.
Tell us about your blocks, barns, tasting room, and biggest loss driver — we'll build the coverage plan and quote the deployment, fast.