NEW ZEALAND WINE GROWER
Volume 12 number 2 October/November 2008
REGULAR COLUMNS
4 Editorial (Sustainability v Carbon) & Directory
5 CEO, NZ Winegrowers (Looking back over past 25 years)
11 Evans cartoon (No fl avour, but superb carbon footprint rating)
67 Letter from London - Peter McCombie MW
97 Bin Ends of Viticultural Law (No-complaint covenants)
98 Grape and wine industry statistics
GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS
6 Letter to the Editor: Minister replies about WSMPs
8 Newsbriefs (Philip Gregan joined us 25 years ago)
10 Young Viticulturist of 2008
12 Industry outlook: need to balance supply and demand
16 Tim Finn, John Webber inducted as Fellows of NZW
18 Tim Finn: signifi cant but quietly understated
21 NZW strategy: to build great wine industry
24 New Zealand’s 600th winery
28 NZ Sauvignon Blanc acclaimed at 1st World Congress, Austria
69 Wine NZ 2008: New awards, seminars add interest
72 Personalities seen at Wine New Zealand 2008
74 Small South Island wineries take innovation awards
88 Books: Michael Cooper’s latest ‘Wine Atlas’ a magnum opus
ROMEO BRAGATO CONFERENCE 2008
30 Overview: “Growing and Selling Quality”
32 NZW chairman’s opening address
38 Address by Economic Development Minister Hodgson
44 Bragato Address: “Farming for Flavour
48 Driving up value by story in the bottle- Steve Green
53 Clonakilla philosophy for making great wine
59 Infl uence of tannins on textural quality of wine
61 Bragato Wine Awards: Central Otago takes top trophy
64 Silver Secateurs: HB manager’s skills rewarded
REGIONS
84 Marlborough: new Yealands winery large and sustainable
SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING
87 How wineries can benefit from becoming accredited
RESEARCH
76 Why Sauvignon Blanc project must proceed past 2010
81 Scientists search for secrets of Sauvignon fl avours
IN THE VINEYARD
90 NZW Code of Practice for wind machines & helicopters
92 Multi-spectral imaging reduces variability
IN THE WINERY
93 Offsetting freight “carbon emissions”
94 New cross fl ow fi ltration service
96 Renewable energy offers savings and sustainability
NZ WINEGROWERS RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT
99 Introduction and list of projects
100 New project
* Carmo Vasconcelos Drawing the link between less vigorous crops and good wine
* Philip Elmer Residue-free winegrapes with GrapeFutures
101 Future strategies in battle against mealybugs
104 Botrytis control without fungicide residues
REFERENCES
Lo, P., Walker, J., & Bell, V. (2008). Future strategies in the battle against mealybugs. New Zealand Winegrower, 12(2), 101-103.
Beresford, R., & Hill, G. (2008). Botrytis control without fungicide residues - it just a load of rot? New Zealand Winegrower, 12(2), 104-106.