The Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
March 2009 issue 542
contents
news
6 Bushfire claims 5% of Yarra Valley
7 New Orange Gl divides region
special report
15 Tony Keys: Grapegrower & Winemaker Top 20 Australian Wine Companies
grapegrowing
37 Simon Clarke: The frustration of fruit splitting
40 Are winegrape cooperatives viable for the Australian wine industry?
44 Louisa Rose: Alternative varieties get the tough talking
45 Warwick Grace & Peter Hayman: Mathematics of heatwaves in SE Australian wine regions. Part 2.
covercropping
50 Choosing the right crop
winemaking
53 Cathy Howard: Best practice in determining optimal harvest time
58 Paul Bowyer: Stuck ferments: causes and solutions
64 Greg Howell: Smoke taint of winegrapes by the 2009 Vie bushfires
bottling & packaging
67 Malcolm Thompson: Current developments in oxygen management
72 Joanne Martin: Don't let your brands go unprotected
76 Steve Goodman: 10 stances on positioning through the eyes of a marketer
81 Packaging flexibility hot topic at Drinktec 2009
transport & freight
84 Monitoring wine en route to consumer
materials handling
86 Two renowned trade shows under one roof
australian wine business
87 Jeni Port: Kiwis capture Aussie hearts, we're not feeling the love
90 Winery insurance - protection from the worst
94 AWBC outlines what's in store for export in 2009