NEW ZEALAND WINE GROWER
Volume 13 number 3 December 2009 January 2010
REGULAR COLUMNS
4 Editorial (It is people, it is people, it is people!)
5 CEO, NZ Winegrowers (Blowing up a storm)
6 Global Marketing Director (Rugby World Cup 2011)
8 Science & Innovations Manager
10 Evans cartoon
70 JF Hillebrand Export Events Calendar
78 Bin Ends of Vit cultural Law
126 Export statistics (Still over $1 billion-just!)
GENERAL INDUSTRY NEWS
14 New Zealand Wine Personality 2009
16 Scientist who found teaching best way to learn
20 Air New Zealand Wine Awards (Martinborough wins)
28 The master of New Zealand wine imports
37 International conference on wine business research
54 Guide to productive relations with NZ wine writers
EXPORT
32 Hong Kong signs wine agreement with New Zealand
REGIONS
33 Gisborne - De-contracted growers combine to make wine
34 Gisborne - Who is Hugh Ammundsen?
36 Gisborne - 79-year-old takes it to the birds
38 Hawkes Bay - Contract growers feel chilly winds of change
40 Hawkes Bay - Four stalwarts honoured with life membership
44 Hawkes Bay - First vineyards and wines in Gimblett Gravels
48 Wairarapa - After 25 years, Dry River still mail order only
51 Marlborough - Coping with yield and lower returns
54 Marlborough - Making the most of tourists
57 Marlborough - Wine weekend dissects Pinot Noir and SB
60 Waipara - Greening project grows biodiversity, cuts costs
NEW VARIETIES & CLONES
64 Riversun microvinifies new imports
SAUVIGNON BLANC RESEARCH PROJECT
65 Analysis pinpoints new flavour compounds
IN THE VINEYARD & WINERY
71 Microbiology & the management of grape diseases
72 Container collection programme expands
73 Fendt Vano 200 continuously variable transmission
74 Planned upgrade improves winery operation
74 Megazyme setting standard in wine testing
75 New comprehensive laboratory service
75 Experts to speak at HB red wine events
76 AssureQuality assists wine exports to EU
76 Making your own grape juice concentrate
77 Poster girl of Hawkes Bay
NZ WINEGROWERS RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT
79 Introduction and list of projects
80 10 pages of progress report