A Mars-Analogue Lab
for Future Agriculture
The Mars Winery is a next-generation simulation environment designed to push the boundaries of agricultural resilience.
Built in the Negev Desert beside Ramon Vineyard, it serves as a proving ground for how high-value crops can be cultivated in barren environments—on Mars, on the Moon, or in degraded regions on Earth.
This is where researchers, startups, and visionaries come to shape the future of food production.
Designed by space architect and Creation-Space co-founder Alon Shikar, the structure offers a high-fidelity environment for simulating long-duration missions in the Mars-like terrain of Mitzpe Ramon. It serves as a launchpad for researchers, agencies, and private teams preparing for life beyond Earth.
Offering a one-of-a-kind experience that bridges wine culture with the future of high-value agriculture in extreme environments.
Engineer and validate soil alternatives using crushed basalt, nanoclay additives, and in-situ resource techniques.
Test high-value crops like grapevines in modular growth chambers equipped with closed-loop fertigation and multi-parameter sensor networks.
Simulate Mars-like agricultural stressors including temperature swings, low humidity, and minimal input conditions to stress-test resilient systems.
Run detailed chemical and biological analyses on soil and crop samples using CHNS, ICP-MS, and TOC/TN instrumentation.
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