Winegrape Inspection Program

Name

Winegrape Inspection Program

Website

https://wipinc.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Inspection Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Physical Hazard Risk Assessment (Foreign Material, Glass/Metal) (AFALAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wine Production & Winemaking (AFAFAAAB), Wine Grape Vineyard Operations (Varietal/AVA Practices, Yield & Quality Targets) (AFAGAJAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural inspection services
• Winegrape quality testing
• Soluble solids certification
• MOG assessment services
• Harvest inspection

Headquarters

HQ city

Clovis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Winegrape Inspection Services: The company provides impartial inspection and certification services for winegrape loads, testing for soluble solids, materials other than grapes, and defects. Revenue is generated through service fees for inspection and certification of winegrape shipments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Winegrape Inspection Program provides impartial, third-party inspection and certification services for winegrape loads in California. Using specialized equipment, the company tests each load for soluble solids content, materials other than grapes (MOG), and defects, and issues a certification that growers and wineries can rely on for quality and compliance purposes.

Product overview

Winegrape Inspection Program offers a unified inspection service that provides impartial, consistent certification for winegrape loads. The company operates specialized equipment to conduct testing across three key certification areas: Soluble Solids, Materials Other than Grapes, and Defects. These services collectively form the core Winegrape Inspection Program offering, delivered through their network of California offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Winegrape Inspection Services Impartial, third-party inspection and certification of winegrape loads using specialized equipment. Services cover soluble solids testing, materials other than grapes (MOG) assessment, and defect detection, delivered through on-site seasonal inspectors across California's winegrape growing regions for winegrape growers and wineries during the June through November harvest season.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• California Department of Food and Agriculture (Inspection Services Division): Government body that performs some grading and inspection of agricultural commodities in California. Relevant as a public-sector alternative or complement to WIP's third-party certification services.
• Mettler-Toledo: Manufacturer of precision instruments including refractometers used for soluble solids (Brix) measurement in grape inspection. Relevant as an equipment/technology ecosystem participant whose products underpin WIP's measurement capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• SGS SA: Global testing, inspection, and certification giant with agricultural and food inspection capabilities. Could expand into or already competes at the periphery of winegrape inspection, though not specialized in this niche.
• Intertek: Global assurance and testing company with agricultural commodity inspection services. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering quality and quantity inspection across agriculture, including horticultural and fresh-produce segments.
• Bureau Veritas: Major global TIC (testing, inspection, certification) company with agri-food and commodity inspection services. Represents an incumbent that could scale into specialized winegrape inspection if the segment scales.
• Eurofins Scientific: International food and ag testing laboratory group with significant presence in wine and beverage testing. Comparable as a scaled incumbent offering analytical services in adjacent wine industry verticals.

Direct peers

• ETS Laboratories: Oakville, CA-based analytical laboratory serving the California wine industry with chemical, microbiological, and contaminant testing for wine and grape samples. Closest comparable peer — wine-adjacent testing laboratory operating in the same California ecosystem with overlapping customer base of growers and wineries.
• Vinquiry (Enologix): Wine industry analytical services firm providing juice and wine analysis, vineyard sampling, and harvest-related testing support. Directly comparable as a winegrape/wine testing services provider serving California wineries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WinegrapeInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/winegrape-inspection-program

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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