The Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
August 2009 issue 547
contents
news
6 My View: Ron Collins - MIS' and over-supply: facts and fiction
9 CSU scholarship winner announced
12 AWBC welcomes Cheesman to the helm
grapegrowing
16 Greg Walker: Resistance of some commonly used rootstocks to Root-knot Nematode: the problem of rootstock selection
24 Victor Sadras et. al.: Irrigated Shiraz powers on, despite short heat spells
vineyard spraying
32 Geoff Furness: Setting pesticide dose using spray volume calculation
tractors
38 Tractor sales down in tough times, though tax break helps
training & trellising
43 Yalumba's trellising trials: Measuring tension on the trellis wire to estimate yield
winemaking
50 Anthony Saliba et.al;. How much eucalyptus flavour is too much? The great debate
53 Greg Howell: Agricultural chemical residue analysis in wine
56 WFA's environmental scheme has West Australian start
oak and barrels
64 Cathy Howard: Oak barrel trial protocols: Finding the barrels that match your wines
69 Oak trends: Grain versus forest
bottling & packaging
74 A day in Constellation's UK Park
76 Packaging with pop unveiled at LIWF
82 Low demand for cork mouth bottles
tanks & storage
89 Matthew Michalewicz: Planning and scheduling optimisation in tank farm operations
92 David Rynes: Winery tanks: an OHS perspective in South Australia
australian wine business
94 Jeni Port: Kiwis still smiling, but does the world's bargain bin beckon?
96 E-marketing: moving from bricks to clicks
98 Stephen Stern and Katerina Craven: Changes to our existing Gl landscape
101 Jim Moularadellis: 2009 post-vintage bulk wine review