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Volume 13 (5) 2009
NEWS
The Federal Government has come under fire for delaying payments to growers who have sold their water to the Commonwealth.
The volume of winegrapes harvested in the Murray Valley this year may have risen slightly on the 2008 figure but the value of the crush slumped 32%.
INDUSTRY VISION
Editor Lauren Jones speaks with viticultural consultant Mary Retallack who
shares her thoughts on the future of the wine industry, drawing on her recent
participation in several rural leadership programs.
CANOPY MANAGEMENT
Improved training systems - we ask growers familiar with Lyre, Geneva Double
Curtain, Scott Henry and Smart Dyson whether they have lived up to expectations.
Erika Winter and Stephen Lowe report on a benchmarking trial involving Merlot
vineyards in Victoria's King Valley, with particular reference to bunchzone
temperatures and their impact on winegrape quality.
TRELLISING
A new crop estimation method based on continuously measuring changes in trellis tension as bunches gain weight during the season has shown promise in a vineyard in South Australia's Barossa Valley.
ITALY: Although it is being increasingly replaced by more modern trellis systems,
should the traditional pergola be completely dismissed, Maurizio Gily asks.
HEATWAVE MANAGEMENT
A survey of growers in various regions affected by the heatwave that occurred
across much of south-eastern Australia earlier this year has enabled researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of the management options employed to limit the
impact of the exceptional circumstances on vines and grapes.
CONTROLLING PESTS AND DISEASES
A study of two vineyards in Western Australia's Pemberton wine region has
assessed the effectiveness of miticides and predatory mites in controlling six-spotted mite.
A survey of Western Australia's wine regions by DAFWA has been undertaken
to determine which phomopsis species exist in the state.
In his regular Profitable Viticulture column, Tony Hoare talks about how
control options for pests and diseases could be made more economical through
using IPM
VINEYARD NUTRITION
In this issue's regular Fundamental Viticulture column, Yasmin Chalmers and
Ben Thomas, of Scholefield Robinson, answer some of the frequently asked
questions in relation to grapevine nutrition and soil and plant analyses in light of the increasing number of growers looking at cutting back on fertilisers and diagnostic tools to reduce their operating costs.
TASMANIA
Vineyard research specifically targeted at sparkling wine production has to date been almost non-existent in Australia but is finally evolving thanks to various
initiatives under way in the state.
GAMAY VARIETAL REPORT
Victorian producers dominate this issue's varietal report, including Barry Morey, of
Sorrenberg Vineyard, in Beechworth, who in his introduction says to understand
Gamay and its potential, an appreication of the various styles produced in Beaujolais and Burgundy is needed.
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