Tech takes hold of one of wine's oldest strongholds

Iberian winemakers have tended vineyards by hand since before the Roman Empire. Today, traditional winemaking techniques still hold sway in the third largest wine producing nation in the world. But 2016 could be the year it all changes. Even though less than 10 percent of Spanish wineries use advanced technologies now commonly seen in places like Australia and the United States, "there are many that have tried them this year," says Fran Garcia Ruiz, director of agricultural data company AgroMapping. Spanish wineries, which have more than 2.9 million acres of vineyards, have lagged behind counterparts elsewhere in adopting new technology.