Method and apparatus for a cloud connected IoT wine storage system

A system for monitoring bottle inventory of a wine storage facility comprising:

• a root and a plurality of buds each one of the plurality of buds including a proximity sensor and communications facilities configured to implement communications with the root, there being a first selected bud of the plurality of buds that is movable and selectively disposed in the wine storage facility on a first communications path and proximally located adjacent to a first socket of the wine storage facility such that a first socket status of the first socket can be sensed by the proximity sensor of the first selected bud which is configured to communicate to the root the first socket status using the first communications path, the first bud having an address that is associated with the first socket and is communicated to the root with the first socket status, a second selected bud of the plurality of buds that is movable and selectively disposed in the wine storage facility on a second communications path and proximally located adjacent to a second socket of the wine storage facility such that a second socket status of the second socket can be sensed by the proximity sensor of the second selected bud which is configured to communicate to the root the second socket status using the second communications path and the first communications path, the second bud having an address that is associated with the second socket and is communicated to the root with the second socket status, and a third selected bud of the plurality of buds that is movable and selectively disposed in the wine storage facility on a third communications path and proximally located adjacent to a third socket of the wine storage facility such that a third socket status of the third socket can be sensed by the proximity sensor of the third selected bud which is configured to communicate the third socket status to the root using the third communications path, the third bud having an address that is associated with the third socket and is communicated to the root with the third socket status, wherein the first, second, and third communication paths are part of a divergent mesh interconnect network that is movable and selectively disposed in the wine storage facility to points of interest for sensing the presence or absence of wine bottles at the points of interest.