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SECTION HEADER 4 WINES&VINES January 2016 8 Connect With Us 10 Editor's Letter 166 Advertiser Index METRICS 12 November Brings Growth in Sales and Winery Jobs. NEWS 16 Top Stories Wine Industry Escapes Retaliatory Tariffs; California North Coast Water Tables Stable. 26 Regional News 157 Eastern News Cotton Root Rot; Drones in Vineyards. COLUMNS 36 Winemaking New Tartrate Stabili zation Methods. 42 Grapegrowing The Top Seven Mistakes Grape growers Make. PRODUCTS 34 News Soil Mapping and Sensors for Water Management. 106 Focus Destemmers. FACES & FORUMS 168 #MerlotMe and Pinot on the River. 98 Contents PUBLISHING INFORMATION: Volume 97 Number 1. 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. UNIFIED 47 Sessions to Focus on Streamlining Business Fred Franzia to give keynote; management takes front seat. By Kate Lavin VINTAGE 2015 75 West Experiences Record Early Harvest Fall weather helps Midwest and eastern growers. By Andrew Adams WINEMAKING 58 Tech Spotlight: MacRostie Winery Wellknown winery constructs Pinot Noir facility. By Andrew Adams 68 A Conversation With Merry Edwards Master of Pinot discusses harvest, drought and balance. By Laurie Daniel 116 Nitrogen Plays Many Roles in Fermentation Uncovering the relationship between nitrogen and aroma development. By Anne Ortiz-Julien, Ann Dumont, Edouard Lordat and Gordon Specht 122 New Hub for Wine Studies WSU welcomes Wine Science Center. By Ben Roush and Rustin Hall BARRELS & OAK ALTERNATIVES 138 W&V Oak Speakers Announced Celia Welch and Jeff Cohn to headline April 27 event. By Jim Gordon 58 106