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Volume 13 number 1 August/September 2009
REGULAR COLUMNS
4 Editorial (Towards $2 billion)
5 CEO, NZ Winegrowers (Responding to developments)
6 Guest Columnist Prime Minister John Key
10 NEW FEATURE: Regulatory affairs
12 Newsbnefs Kiwi elected president of OIV Commission
29 Letter from London @ Keep NZ Sauvignon on middle path
124 NEW FEATURE: JF Hillebrand Export Events Calendar
125 Bin Ends of Viticultural Law (Ownership & receiverships)
126 Export statistics (Edging closer to magic $1 billion)
GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS
8 How the four majors see the state of the industry
20 'NZ Sauv plonk' @ is this really savvy?
24 Marlborough gets message about over-production
32 Botry-Zen has renewed confidence in future
40 Promoting NZ wine during Rugby World Cup
54 MAF says wine industry shooting itself in the foot
54 Third new 0-1 furnace to support wine growth
90 Bragato Trust announces inaugural award winners
92 Inaugural conference reflects growth of organics
100 Robin Dicey on soil fertility, sustainability & biochar
105 MAF Biosecunty protection against sharpshooter
123 Cawthron Institute to provide export certification
2009 EXPORTERS FORUM
42 Where NZ Stands in US market today
48 NZ on target to increase exports by 53% by 2014
50 Our new man in UK and Europe
REGIONS
28 Marlborough - industry stalwarts express concern
36 Gisborne - problems for growers from Pernod Ricard decion
56 Gisborne "Less is more" sustainable message
58 Gisborne - Bird wine series supports Longbush Reserve
60 Hawkes Bay - Jim Hamilton looks back on 42 years
66 Wairarapa - Scion of iconic farming family now winemaker
68 Marlborough - Baby Doll sheep replace guinea pigs
76 Marlborough - WineWorks stacks 21,000 pallets by robot
80 Nelson - Innovations key to Blackenbrook success
84 Canterbury The Crater Rim's watchful non-intervention
88 Central Otago - Grapes unpicked in aim for quality
BRAGATO CONFERENCE 2009
70 Preview of Hawkes Bay conference this year
71 Layout of Venue and industry exhibitor stands
SUSTAINABLE WINEGROWING
74 Another stamp on New Zealand's passport to trade
IN THE VINEYARD 81 WINERY
108 Inter-row treatments tnalled in nursery
111 Monitoring vineyard water output
113 New sidenet combines monofilament and tape
114New narrow tractor for vineyards
115 New president for Tractor & Machinery Assn.
116 Lincoln research grant win win for primary sector
117 Automated electronic frost alarm system
118 Destemming/crushing under inert gas cover
120 Aurora expands range of winery equipment
121 From pallet to single file into bottling line
122 Pop-top preserves the fizz in sparklings
NZ WINEGROWERS RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT
127 Introduction and list of projects
128 19 pages of progress reports