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In This Issue Laurie Daniel requent contributor Laurie Daniel lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, so she didn't have to travel far to report the Technical Review (page 48) about Rhys Vineyards, near Cupertino, Calif. Winemaker Jeff Brinkman told Daniel his sophisticated equipment enables him to keep his hands off the wine. F Alain Deloire lain Deloire concludes a three-part series about berry ripening in this month's Practical Winery & Vineyard section (page 58). The eminent researcher in grapevine physiology and biochemistry currently directs the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre in Australia. A Glenn McGourty he author of the Grounded Grapegrowing column serves as the viticulture extension advisor for California's Mendocino and Lake counties. In his report on page 75, however, he takes a bird's-eye view of California's Central Coast to assess its accomplishments and challenges in grapegrowing and winemaking. T May's Cover esign firm MatrixPrint Your Own Four created the label Labels 30 featured on this month's cover for MacDay Label Systems Ltd., which sells the Toshiba thermaltransfer printer. Read more about options for short-run label printing starting on page 30. 1 4 t h a n n u a l THE VOICE OF THE WINE INDUSTRY p a c k a g i n g WWW.WINESANDVINES.COM Change Labels Mid Stream 38 Fine Tune Wine for Bag in Box 42 i s s u e MAY 2013 D A Member of Wine Communications Group Inc. EDITORIAL Advertising Editor West: Jacques Brix Jim Gordon Vice President & Director of Sales Managing Editor (707) 473-0244 Kate Lavin jbrix@winesandvines.com Midwest: Hooper Jones Staff Writer (847) 486-1021 Andrew Adams hooperhja@aol.com Senior Correspondent East: Marsha Tabb Paul Franson (215) 794-3442 Contributing Editor marshatabb@comcast.net Jane Firstenfeld East: Laura Lemos Northwest Correspondent (973) 822-9274 Peter Mitham laura@boja.com Columnists International: Dave Bayard Winemaking: Tim Patterson, Clark Smith (973) 822-9275 Grapegrowing: Cliff Ohmart, Glenn T. McGourty dave@bayard.com Practical Winery & Vineyard Advertising Manager Editor: Don Neel Christina Ballinger Associate Publisher: Tina Vierra Circulation Wine East Circulation Manager Editors: Hudson Cattell, Linda Jones McKee; Emilee Schumer Writer: Richard Carey Contributing Writers database development & Laurie Daniel, Jean Jacobson, Andrew Reynolds, information technology Chris Stamp, Fritz Westover, Stephen Yafa Database Manager Lynne Skinner PUBLISHING Database & Web Development President & Publisher James Rust, Peter Scarborough Chet Klingensmith Research Assistant Allison Bowser Publishing Assistant Caroline Shakeshaft Design & Production Chairman Bridget Williams Hugh Tietjen Barbara Summer Publishing Consultant Ad Prepress Ken Koppel Deborah Roberti Publishing Information Volume 94, Number 5 Wines & Vines, ISSN 043-583X, a member of Wine Communications Group, Sonoma, Calif., is published monthly. Periodicals postage paid at San Rafael and at additional mailing offices. Santa Cruz Micro-Winery 48 Critique of California's Central Coast 82 Northern Grapes Project 90 Predict Harvest With Berry Sugar 58 Minerality Reality 63 Control Bunch Rot 71 Subscription Rates U.S., $38.00; Canada/Mexico, $48.00 All other countries, $85.00 (for airmail add $85.00) Reproduction in whole or part without permission is prohibited. Wines & Vines does not assume responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials. Postmaster Contributors are responsible for the proper release of Send address changes to: proprietary and/or classified information. Wines & Wines & Vines, PO Box 1649 Vines is distributed through an audited circulation. Boulder, CO 80306-1649 Customer Service (866) 453-9704 subs@winesandvines.com winesandvines.com Digital Edition All print subscribers now get digital access to Wines & Vines. You can: • DOWNLOAD pages or full issues • ACCESS via desktop, tablet or mobile device • BROWSE current and archived issues • SEARCH by keyword or table of contents • WATCH videos • NAVIGATE by topic or page thumbnail Questions? Contact customer service at (866) 453-9701 or custserv@winesandvines.com Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. PDT. 4 w in eS & v i ne S M AY 2 0 1 3 To access, scan this mobile barcode or visit winesandvines.com/digitaledition. Use your Wines & Vines login to sign in.