ANZG&W Issue 510 July 2006

australian & new zealand grapegrower & winemaker

Issue 510 - July 2006

Table of Contents

news
8 No silver bullet, no quick fixes – Strachan
10 Summit sinks expectations
12 Cutback call for vintage 2007

grapegrowing
19 GWRDC trial to take up stakes on native grass research
20 Ben Rose Real Viticulture
22 Sugar packs a punch in weed fight
22 Phylloxera detection at Murchison, Victoria
30 Companion crops
33 Vintage snapshot

Frost protection
37 Autumn frost and vine productivity
39 Frost protection and the role of humus, root exudates and foliars
41 Frost-fighting fans favoured
42 Viticulturist profile: Peter Balnaves, Coonawarra

Winemaking
45 The taint of smoke
48 Characteristics of oenotannins
52 How to select a scanning near infrared spectrophotometer instrument

Oak in winemaking
61 Reclaimed oak keeps working
63 Winemaker forum
70 Reinventing the turn of the wheel

Education & training
75 Queensland opening new doors in wine industry
76 Joint training initiative to head off shortage of pruners

Australian wine business
80 A market on the rise: China
84 Don’t be a one-hit wonder
86 Trademark issues for the wine industry arising in cellar door development
93 EIT recruits eminent international viticulture researcher