ANZG&W Issue 531 April 2008

australian & new zealand grapegrower & winemaker

Issue 531 - april 2008

Contents

News

8 Workplace accidents will happen
14 Special Report: Jim Fortune, The Wine Industry Value Chain, Part 2.

Grapegrowing

19 Flower sprays, fruitset and disease control
20 Vintage snapshot: AWBC forecasts yields up on 2007
25 Potential new uses for plant growth regulators in viticulture
29 Establishing and managing native grass covercrops

Vine Health & Development

32 Tasmania rejoins national vine improvement body
33 Demand for cuttings steady - VAMVVIA
35 Plantings on the rise in the West

Pruning

39 Pruning strategies for vineyards in dry conditions
42 Knowledge of bud fruitfulness and primary bud necrosis aids pruning decisions

Fertilisers & Nutrition

45 Viticulturist forum: Make the most of the soil in your vineyard

Winemaking

49 Excessive copper fining of wines sealed under screwcaps - identifying and treating reductive winemaking characters

Filtration

64 A comparative study of crossflow filters
71 Use of enzymatic preparation in red wine maceration and its effect on filtration

Oak in Winemaking

76 Ice-blasting barrel cleaning on its way Down Under

Australian Wine Business

81 Jeni Port: Upbeat retailers display bottleshop bravado
85 Information Technology: BackVintage adopts integrated IT solution

Regulars

5 on the grapevine
18 grapegrowing
49 winemaking
81 australian wine business
94 employment