ANZG&W Issue 516 January 2007

australian & new zealand grapegrower & winemaker

Issue 516 - january 2007

analytical services

· Getting the right gear for the winery lab

australian wine business

· Chinese consumer preferences: Shiraz spritzer, anyone?
· Export. Where would the USA be without Yellow Tail?
· New media prove that being disruptive gets you noticed
· The future could be bright for bulk wine prices

bird control

· Assessing damage, is prevention worth the trouble?
· Birds around Australia, we find out what's flying where

grapegrowing

· IOBC ratings promote beneficial insects
· Michael Gray of St Anne's Winery shares his thoughts
· Phylloxera: pest present, but contained
· PRD: Pretty Radical Development

heavy machinery

· Mechanical harvesting: MOG off
· The robots are coming

new zealand

· Wither Hills botch batch bottling

news

· 2006: a year in review
· Here's cheers to drinking red wine
· Size matters at the WFA
· Vinetech Bordeaux: technically a successful show

winemaking

· Brettanomyces research from Canada
· How enzmes work
· Sauvignon Blanc aromatics and the role of yeast