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4 WINES&VINES June 2016 6 Connect With Us 8 Editor's Letter 65 Advertiser Index NEWS 14 Top Stories Winery Sales Con- tinue at Brisk Pace; Wine Tax Bill Inches Ahead. 22 Regional News 58 Eastern News Loess Hills District; Virginia Research Roundtable; OSU Makes New Hires. METRICS 10 Wine Sales Spring Higher in April. PRODUCTS 26 News All-Steel Trellis System. 40 Focus Sorting Tables. FACES & FORUMS 66 Wines & Vines Oak Conference. PUBLISHING INFORMATION: Volume 97 Number 6. 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. VINEYARD AND WINERY EQUIPMENT 36 Well Equipped for Crush How new grape-processing and fermentation equipment helps wineries improve efficiency and wine quality. By Andrew Adams WINEMAKING 32 It's OK to Plan: Preparing for Harvest Don't wait until the grapes are ripe before you make a plan for hiring and start ordering equipment. By Andy Starr 42 Technical Spotlight: Stoller Family Estate Owners of LEED-certified winery in Oregon construct new production space for second-tier wines. By Peter Mitham GRAPEGROWING 30 The Future of Cooperative Extension The Vineyard View column revisits a topic from 2013. Have staffing levels improved, or is this the start of a trend? By Cliff Ohmart 50 Leaf Removal's Influence on Pinot Noir Basal leaf removal changes chemical and volatile compositions. By Hui Feng, Fang Yuan, Patricia A. Skinkis and Michael C. Qian 61 New Vines Are Game Changers in Alabama Growing Pierce's disease-resistant vinifera wine grapes expands opportunities in northeast Alabama. By Randal Wilson ASEV PREVIEW 48 ASEV Returns to Monterey National conference features water symposium and keynote address about arsenic and wine. By Andrew Adams 42 50 36 Contents