Practical Winery
58-D Paul Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903-2054
phone:415/479-5819 · fax:415/492-9325
CURRENT ISSUE

May/June 2008

Table of Contents:

Oxygen ingress into bottled wine
By George Skouroumounis and Elizabeth Waters,
Australian Wine Research Institute

RODNEY STRONG VINEYARDS
Accumulation tables overcome unstable tapered bottles
By Ben Garvey

Wineries continue struggle with direct-to-consumer shipping laws
By Robert A. Cocchia and Megan Duma Meacham,
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

HACCP PLAN
Winemakers check sulfur-like off odors
By Bruce Zoecklein, Virginia Tech

SCOTT HARVEY WINES
Through trial and error, a virtual winery in the making
By Deborah Steinthal

Sustainable approaches to viticulture and winemaking
By Bibiana Guerra, UC Davis

INDUSTRY NEWS
Wine/grape research funding 2008

IN MEMORIAM
Robert Mondavi
By Tina Vierra

Three weed species have developed glyphosate resistance
By Lisa Lieberman

Performance of drip irrigation systems - Time changes everything
By Ron Brase and Stephen Neal

TWO MOUNTAIN WINERY
Next generation, new packaging
By Tina Vierra

GRGICH HILLS ESTATE
Employing 100% winery-direct strategy in California
By Liz Thach, Sonoma State University

KENWOOD VINEYARDS
New look for an old performer
By Tina Vierra

SUPPLIER SHOWCASE
Packaging

WINE MICROBIOLOGY
Cost of reactive wine microbe management
By Robert Tracy

COMPLIANCE COUNSELING
Hospitality compliance guidelines for California wineries
By Rachel Dumas Rey

PERSONNEL POINT OF VIEW
Management metrics: It's in the numbers
By Anne Heron