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section header 4 Wines&Vines March 2015 30 6 Connect With Us 8 Editor's Letter 65 Advertiser Index METRICS 10 Sparkling wine boosts off-premise sales; Flash offers get a slow start in 2015. NEWS 14 Top Stories California crop large, no record-breaker; Unified tells a tale of two wine markets. 22 Wine Industry News 57 Eastern News WE EWE expands; East loses wine personalities. pRodUCTS 25 product News Laser bird-deterrent system. 29 product Focus Vine trimmers. CoLUMNS 26 Grounded Grapegrowing Creating effective weed control. NEWSMAkERS 66 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium. WINEMAkING 30 Technical Spotlight: Lazy Creek Vineyards New winery at well-known estate focuses on Anderson Valley Pinot Noir. By Andrew Adams 54 Microbial origins of key Wine Aromas PWV Volatile fatty acids and sulfurous compounds. By Russell Moss pACkAGING 38 Think Ink Vivid organic and UV inks enliven packaging. By Jane Firstenfeld GRApEGRoWING 51 Wine Grape Grower's Assessment in 2015 PWV Fifteen years of PD assessment with many possible solutions in sight. By PWV Staff 61 palissage: An Alternative to Mechnical Hedging WE Tip from Alsace grower leads to experimentation in New York. By Dr. Justine Vanden Heuvel 29 Contents Publishing information: Volume 96 number 3. 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. Reproduction in whole or part without permission is prohibited. Wines & Vines does not assume responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials. Contributors are responsible for the proper release of proprietary and/or classified information. Wines & Vines is distributed through an audited circulation. subscriPtion ratEs: U.S., $38; Canada/Mexico, $48; All other countries, $85 (for airmail add $85). PostmastEr: Send address changes to: Wines & Vines, PO Box 1649, Boulder, CO 80306-1649. 61