Two years ago Pahiatua couple Graeme and Alison Franklin wowed the 'dragons' at Fieldays own Dragons Den-style competition for agricultural innovations.
The couple won the top prize, Most Viable Business, for their DTexH2O - an electronic probe and alarm to stop farmers spilling milk down the drain or getting water in the vat during wash-down.
They had been inspired by their background as dairy farmers and son's career as a sharemilker - although their day-job now is owning and running The Black Stump Cafe and Harrows Restaurant.
DTexH2O and the Franklins were finalists in the 2014 New Zealand Innovators Awards and they won Best Emerging Business at the 2015 Southern Tararua Business Awards.
DTexH2O is now on the market, see www.dtexh2o.com for more information
Now, according to Graeme, they have jumped the fence into viticulture, due mainly to a nephew being involved in the industry.