NEW ZEALAND WINE GROWER
Volume 13 number 2 October/November 2009
REGULAR COLUMNS
4 Editorial (Time for realism)
5 CEO, NZ Winegrowers (All things considered)
8 NEW FEATURE: Science & Innovations
14 Evans cartoons
18 Guest Columnist: Prime Minister John Key
70 Bin ends of viticultural law
74 Letter from America - NZ wine by radio and walking tour
83 NEW FEATURE: JF Hillebrand Export Events Calendar
84 Export statistics ($1 billion milestone achieved)
GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS
10 Sale of Liquor Rveiew - have your say
12 Onward to $1.5 billion by 2014?
24 MAP survey reveals costs of 2009, prospects for 2010
20 Letter to Editor: Are we destroying our brand
75 NZ independent wine merchant promo in UK
80 Unique wild NZ yeasts promise added flavour
81 Linnaeus develops DNA technology
2009 ROMEO BRAGATO CONPEFRENCE
30 Chairman spells our challenges facing the industry
36 Minister "Wine branding example to other industries"
39 Conference overview: where to from here?
40 Rabobank spells ouit new realities for NZ wine industry
44 BRAGATO ADDRESS: We need to risk investing in our future
50 Leafroll disease epidemiology & control in South Africa
52 Precision viticulture in Australia
54 Precision viticulture services in New Zealand
57 Making the most of bunch sampling
78 Bragato Wine Awards & Silver Secateurs
2009 EXPORTERS FORUM
60 Telling NZ wine story is key to success in US market
REGIONS
64 Gisborne - iconic Matawhero label re-launched
66 Gisborne - Roger McLernon deserving of Wohnsiedler award
68 Gisborne - Million's new biodynamic supermarket wines
71 Otago - Upbeat attitudes despite company failures
NZ WINEGROWERS RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT
85 Introduction and list of projects
86 5 pages of progress reports