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August 2009
Winemaking:
Product Review: Toxic Gas Detectors •
Choosing a Fining Agent •
Industry Roundtable: Reinventing Malbec
Grape Growing:
Leafroll Redux: The Problem is Spreading
Sales & Marketing:
Packaging: Is Going Lighter Worth the Weight? •
Packaging: Wine Bottle Recycling to Wash and Reuse Bottles in California •
Packaging: New Releases •
Succulent Sauvignon Blanc •
Retail Sales Analysis: Overall Wine Sales Up 4.7 Percent through May •
Direct to Consumer: Rapport is the Core
Departments:
Month in Review: A focus on the package •
News •
What's Cool: Products that are smart, make your tasks easier and provide cost or labor savings -- Building Integrated Photovoltaics •
Bulletin Board •
Monday Movie Night •
Fact Sheet: Josh Jensen, Owner/Winemaker/Generalissimo, Calera Wine Company
July 2009
Winemaking:
Product Review: Enological Enzymes •
Wine Analysis for Small Scale Wineries •
Managing Winery Laboratory Data
Grape Growing:
Industry Roundtable: Down to Earth •
Sustainable Certification Programs •
Book Review: The New Viticulture
June 2009
Winemaking:
Product Review: Yeast for Sauvignon Blanc •
2009 Closure Report: Wineries Vary Their Use of Closures •
Spotlight on Quality: Air Washing Corks, Caps and Crowns •
Long, Walker Selected for Honors at 60th Annual ASEV Meeting in Napa •
2009 ASEV Best Paper Award Winners
Sales & Marketing:
Ruby Tuesday's Wine Deal of the Century •
Retail Sales Analysis: Overall Wine Sales Up 5 Percent through March •
ShipCompliant and Inertia Beverage release new web-based direct to consumer and direct to trade products; new wine ordering system launches in BC.
Finance & Admin:
Rainwater Harvesting •
Solar Costs Declining •
Saving Energy Through Facility Design •
Brand Label Security •
Whither Wine Writing? •
People
May 2009
Winemaking:
Industry Roundtable: Sauvignon Blanc •
Crushpad Grows from Home to Commercial Winemaker •
Trends: Grain vs. Forest •
Oak Round-up •
BV's New Micro Winery: A New Home for Georges de Latour
Sales & Marketing:
Product Review: Paper Label Printing - Is Digital Printing Right for You? •
Country Competitive Analysis: Argentina -- Malbec Exports to U.S. Rise 61 percent in 2008 •
Wholesale Reverberations •
Retail Sales Analysis: Overall Wine Sales Up 5 Percent Through February •
Direct to Consumer: 2009 Tasting Room Report
Finance & Admin:
Just-in-Time Delivery Affecting Wine Industry
April 2009
Winemaking:
Product Review: Micro-oxygenation Controllers •
Industry Roundtable: Micro-oxygenation •
Are Chips a Good, Cheap Option? •
Alternative Options to Value-add to Your New Oak Purchase
Grape Growing:
An Abundance of Research
March 2009
Winemaking:
Insight & Opinion: Community Giving: Growing Business Through Giving Back •
Ten Favorites from Unified •
Spotlight on the 2008 Vinitech Innovation Award Winners •
Product Review: Choosing Benchtop pH Meters •
Girard Winemaker Develops CO2 Disbursement System •
Crushing with Less Impact •
Survey Report: 2009 Winery Equipment Survey
Grape Growing:
Weed and Vineyard Floor Management Practices •
Severe Pruning is No Cure for Pierce's Disease
Sales & Marketing:
Stunning Growth in Core Wine-drinking Population •
Private Label Wines Take on a New Role •
Retail Sales Analysis: Overall Wine Sales Up 4.7 Percent through December 2008 •
Maintaining a Healthy Wine Club in an Uncertain Economy
Departments:
People •
Bulletin Board •
Month in Review •
News •
What's Cool: Rainwater Harvesting •
Jake Lorenzo
February 2009
Winemaking:
Industry Roundtable: Fermentation Techniques •
Practical Sensory Evaluation in the Winery
Grape Growing:
The New "Green Revolution" •
Good Stewards of the Land •
Field Grafting, New Planting Help Vineyards Keep Pace With Change
Sales & Marketing:
Retail Sales Analysis: Overall Wine Sales Up 4.5 Percent Into November •
A Surprising Look at the Retail Sector •
Winery Tours Engage, Educate Vistors •
Product Review: Wine Shippers •
Part II: Risks, Rewards of Direct Shipping
Departments:
The Top 30 U.S. Wine Companies of 2008 •
Industry Outlook and Trends •
The Top 30 U.S. Wine Companies -- Profiles •
Hot Small Brands of 2008 •
Number of U.S. Wineries Tops 6,100 •
Understanding Wine Demographics in a Down Market •
People •
Month in Review •
News •
What's Cool: Green Products for Winery Sanitation •
Bulletin Board •
Jake Lorenzo
January 2009
Grape Growing:
Product Review Update: Vineyard Weather Stations •
Investigating Low-Volume Approaches to Vineyard Cooling
Sales & Marketing:
Retail Sales Analysis: Overall Wine Sales Up 4.2 Percent through September •
Risks, Rewards of Direct Shipping
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