Practical Winery & Vineyard

march/april 2007

CONTENTS

COVER STORY

Improving air quality
By Joe Browde, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance

BLAME THE WINERY? BLAME THE VINEYARD?

Common defects of wine and their sources
By Linda Bisson, U.C. Davis

Understanding and controlling Botrytis
By Wayne F. Wilcox, Cornell University

BARREL ALTERNATIVES

Right oak for your wine style
By Jeff Murrell

Factors affecting the influence of oak chips on wine flavor
By J.I. Campbell, A.P. Pollnitz, M.A. Sefton, M.J. Herderich,
I.S. Pretorius, Australian Wine Research Institute

Vine nutrition can be limited by poor soil properties
By Alfred Cass

INDUSTRY NEWS

New online registry for grape varieties
By Amy Rafferty, U.C. Davis

SUPPLIER SHOWCASE

Vineyard Equipment
Supplies & Services
2006 California Grape Crush Report
SUPPLIER GRAPEVINE

FROM SOIL TO WINE

Site characteristics and rootstock selection
By Dr. Daniel Roberts

PERSONNEL POINT OF VIEW

What did you expect?
By Anne Heron