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SECTION HEADER 4 WINES&VINES July 2015 METRICS 10 Winery jobs, off-premise sales lead growth. NEWS 14 Top Stories The Wine Group moves upscale. 22 Regional News 73 Eastern News WE Texas rainstorms and legislation; Benchmark program in Michigan. COLUMNS 28 Grounded Grapegrowing Implications of drought. 32 Viewpoint What will China drink in 10 years? 34 MOG Blog PRODUCTS 26 News Frost module by Semios. 46 In Focus Stainless steel tanks. FACES & FORUMS 81 Napa Valley Barrel Auction; Taste of Mendocino. 48 6 Connect With Us 8 Editor's Letter 80 Advertiser Index Contents PUBLISHING INFORMATION: Volume 96 Number 7. 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. 65 TECHNOLOGY 36 Choosing Winery Production Software A review of the best software for wine production, and how to weigh their pluses and minuses. By Richard Carey WINEMAKING 48 Technical Spotlight: Sinegal Estate Winery New owners refurbish and expand winemaking facility at historic Napa Valley property. By Paul Franson 56 Wood Extractives and Sensory Perception PWV What is the correlation in oak-aged wines? By Andrei Prida 62 Managing Nutrition of Wine Bacteria PWV The second part in a series about minimizing the effect of inhibitors. By Magali Déléris-Bou, Sibylle Krieger-Weber, Ph.D., and Goran Milanov, Ph.D. GRAPEGROWING 65 The Search for Zinfandel Genetic Diversity PWV What we can learn from phenotypically identical selections gathered from a variety of locations. By Michael Penn, Michael Anderson, Jim Wolpert and Andrew Walker 70 Understanding Vineyard Soils PWV Book excerpt about managing soil for specific objectives. By Robert E. White 75 Grape Variety Trials on Long Island WE Twenty-two years of research have helped shape the region's wine industry. By Alice Wise 75