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SECTION HEADER 4 WINES&VINES December 2015 6 Connect With Us 8 Editor's Letter 89 Advertiser Index METRICS 10 October Metrics Indicate Thriving Industry. NEWS 14 Top Stories Mergers Continue for Major Distributors. 22 Regional News 80 Eastern News Registration Open for EWE; Beverage Promotion in N.Y. COLUMNS 28 Business Smart Wineries Use Business Plans. 31 Vineyard View Sustainable Wine- growing Revisited. 34 Viewpoint Don't Put All Your Grapes in One Bin. PRODUCTS 26 News Ultraviolet Sanitation. 66 Focus Narrow Tractors. FACES & FORUMS 90 Wine Industry Finan- cial Symposium. 66 Contents PUBLISHING INFORMATION: Volume 96 Number 12. 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. 58 BEST OF 2015 37 W&V's Top Sales and Stories of the Year Off-premise, DtC and flash sales, plus news. By Wines & Vines Staff UNIFIED PREVIEW 45 Unified Program Includes Extra Sessions Fred Franzia to address future of the wine industry. By Kate Lavin WINEMAKING 48 Tech Spotlight: Michael Shaps Wineworks 'Multi-faceted winery' expands in Virginia. By Linda Jones McKee 58 Oxygen Transfer Rate in Oak Barrels Annual evaluation for dynamic oxygen intake and entry. By Maria Del Alamo-Sanza and Ignacio Nevare GRAPEGROWING 68 Cost of Organic/Biodynamic Certification Fees for certifying sites amounts to cents per bottle. By Pam Strayer 82 Growing Grapes in Georgia Southern Piedmont region plants PD-resistant grapes. By Fritz Westover BUSINESS 74 Leelanau Peninsula Winery Owners Reflect Leaders share their best and worst business decisions. By David Furer 86 New York Wine's 'Overnight' Success N.Y. Wine & Grape Foundation celebrates 30 years. By Linda Jones McKee 82