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Volume 24 (2) 2009
OPINION
Dr Richard Smart poses the question, 'Is the outlook healthy for the Australian wine sector' and ponders the sustainability of the industry in terms of international competitiveness, and what strategies need to be in place to ensure future success.
NEW VARIETIES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES
New South Wales wine writer and sommelier Deb Pearce speaks to winemakers in the Southern Highlands region about the alternative grape varieties sparking interest in new wines being created.
AWRI REPORT
Bacteria and yeast that colonise grape must and wine include several dozen species are considered both friends and foes of the winemaker.
FILTRATION AND CLARIFICATION
Wine Network Consulting's Rachel Gore explores the methods of white winegrape juice clarification, including diatomaceous earth, centrifugation and flotation techniques.
INNOVATION FOR SUCCESS
With vintage over for another year, Vince O'Brien, of the AWRI, and Chris Colby, of waste and recycling consultant Rawtec, present a group of ideas to assist readers to make their business more profitable, considering important issues that are of relevance now or are emerging in the near future.
THE KEYS FILES
Tony Keys speaks to wine industry members that have formed co-operatives, groups of wine producers that are collaborating with resources and ideas for greater impact in the marketplace.
BUSINESS
Jonathan Scott reflects on the boom and bust times of Australian wine in Japan and gives some insight to what needs to be considered if attempting to gain a foothold in this often difficult and confusing market.
Professor Larry Lockshin leads a team of researchers in developing a new method to measure how consumers choose wine, including the surveying of 1233 regular red wine consumers from New South Wales to discover the respondents' wine preferences.
The final report from Simone Mueller and Wendy Umberger's research about what drives Australian cask wine consumers reveals an opportunity for wine companies not currently marketing cask wine products to 'extend' .popular wine brands to include new cask-packaged wines.
AWBC
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have been in lengthy negotiations about the future of wine industry statistics collections, following the ABS suffering reduced Commonwealth funding.
MERLOT VARIETAL REPORT
According to James Irvine, leading Australian Merlot producer of Irvine Wines in South Australia's Eden Valley, Merlot is the "Cinderella in waiting" among other red varieties, and deserves greater accolades than it has received over the past 40 years.
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