CONTENTS
REGULAR COLUMNS
4 Editorial & Directory
5 From Desk of CEO, NZ Winegrowers
18 Evans cartoon - Pinot Noir & gourmet sausages
30 Dana Johanson - letter from New York
88 Bin ends of viticultural law
90 Grape and wine industry statistics
INDUSTRY NEWS AND OUTLOOK
6 Obituary: Joseph Annis Corban MBE, FWINZ
11 Corbans Viticulture Ltd: Joe's legacy
12 Nursery colleague's tribute to Joe Corban
14 Obituary: Jan Bragato Colville
16 Cover story: top honour for Sam Neill, DCMNZ
42 Austria bids for world Sauvignon Blanc congress
50 NZFSA - full run-down on 85% rule for wine labelling
60 Review of Sustainable Winegrowing NZ
62 Viticulturist questions sustainability, organics
78 NZ's High Commisioner for wine in London
82 New managing director for Pernod Ricard NZ
82 Winejobsonline's international reach
PINOT NOIR 2007
19 Wellington at its best for Pinot celebration
21 "Hey Burgundy! Beat that!" - Oz Clarke
27 Central Otago pioneer moves on
28 Now Nautilus handles Marlborough Pinot Noir
EXPORT PROMOTIONS & PERFORMANCE
32 Another successful NZ trade tasting at Lords in UK
REGIONS
83 Hawkes Bay - Rod McDonald leaves Vidals
85 Hawkes Bay - EIT researches red wine colour
IN THE VINEYARD
53 Differences in coloured bird netting
56 How to prune 35 of spraying costs
61 Diagnosing vineyard problems
65 The Botryosphaeria conundrum - a NZ perspective
70 Glassywinged sharpshooter threat to NZ
74 Phosphorus & Nitrogen important elements
74 Marlborough research into vine trunk disease
80 MetService's new rural weather pages on web
81 Nursery expands into vineyard equipment
IN THE WINERY
38 NZ winemakers comment on screwcaps
40 IWC screwcap results misleading - Sam Harrop MW
73 What makes NZ Sauvignon Blance unique?
43 Taylormades stainless steel ingenuity
51 Screwcapped wines benefit from liquid N dosing
Lund, C. M., Thompson, M., Duize, L., & Triggs, C. (2007). What makes NZ Sauvignon Blanc unique? New Zealand Winegrower, 10(4), 43-46, 89.
Saxton, V. (2007). Comparing different coloured bird netting. New Zealand Winegrower, 10(4), 53-55.
Praat, J.-P., & Manktelow, D. (2007). How you could prune 35% off your annual spray bill. New Zealand Winegrower, 10(4), 56-59.
Bonfiglioli, R., & McGregor, S. (2007). The Botryosphaeria conundrum - a New Zealand perspective. New Zealand Winegrower, 10(4), 65-69.