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34 WINES&VINES July 2015 Securing an Oak Supply Posted by Andrew Adams Silver Oak Cellars made news recently by announcing it had purchased the remaining half of A&K Cooperage in Missouri. Silver Oak is now the first winery in North America to own its own cooperage since Treasury Wine Estates sold Winemakers Cooperage to Groupe Charlois in 2011. For an extensive report on the North American oak industry . . . Read more and comment at winesandvines.com/blog MOG Blog Contacts: Martin McCarthy North American Sales Director Cell. (707) 303-0941 martin@sauryusa.com Deborah Passin Sonoma, Central Coast Cell. (415) 215-5302 deborah@sauryusa.com Office: 1285 S. Foothill Blvd - Cloverdale, CA 95425 Ph: (707) 224-2377 - Fax: (707) 224-2390 100% Integrated french oak Supply, Full Traceability, HA/HP analysis, 100% PEFC, HAACP, ISO 9001, Veritas Certification for Wood Aging and Origin The Haves and the Have Nots Posted by Kate Lavin Listen to wine pros long enough and you'll start to think certain people are born with such a knack for sensory analysis that others could never catch up. This is not so, ac- cording to Denise Gardner, enologist for the Penn State Exten- sion. Leading an educational session about wine flaws during the Eastern Winery Exposition on March 19 in Syracuse, N.Y., Gardner told attendees, "Everyone has their own genetic background that makes them easily able to deduce aromas and flavors. If you have trouble determining aromas, you can improve it very quickly.". . . Read more and comment at winesandvines.com/blog Excerpts from the new MOG Blog MOG is the name of a new Wines & Vines blog that has frequent posts by our editors and contributing writers on winery and vineyard topics. The posts contain "material other than gossip" in the form of news, opinion, interviews with winemakers and other industry members, and slices of life from the world of winemaking and grapegrowing. The following excerpts provide an idea of what you will find at winesandvines.com/blog.