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FEBRU AR Y — SEVENTH ANNU AL BARREL IS SUE Stretching Your Barrel Budget 26 COVER ST OR Y WINEMAKING Cooperage Turns Couture 34 Sparkling Success Stories 36 A growing number of coopers are willing to tailor oak to meet winemaker specifications. From Oregon to Florida, smallish vintners share their secrets about turning bubbly into profit. GRAPE GROWING Deborah Golino Interview 44 NORTHWES T Hang Time Considerations 50 Native Plants Offer Cover 54 Winemakers ponder issues beyond sugar, while grapegrowers should factor weight loss in price. Washington researchers and growers try local forbs, grasses to encourage natural ecosystem. Notable Books of 2010 60 65 Wine East editor tackles wine history in two states, plus a physiology of viticulture text. Sunny and Cloudy Wines 62 Winemakers stand to learn a lot by tasting what the best practitioners in their field are producing. 6 Wines & Vines FeBRUARY 201 1 50 The director of Foundation Plant Services at UC Davis discusses new varieties and leafroll virus. DEPARTMENTS Contributors 4 Editor's Letter 8 Rolling out The Flash Report. By Jim Gordon Feedback 10 In a no-bull barrel market, winemakers can employ the use of puncheons, hybrids and Hungarian oak to stretch their pocketbooks and stave off bearish times. By Kerry Kirkham Biodynamics Gets a Response. 26 Wine Industry Data Center 12 DtC Shipments Up 12% at Year's End; Wine Sales Up 6% Through December; "The Flash Report" Makes Debut. News Headlines 18 Decision Imperils Direct Sales; Island Vineyard Bears Fruit; New Use for Napa Grapes; Presses Extract Oil From Pom- ace; Canadian Wines Clarify Content; Wineries Cope With Cold Snap. Plus News Briefs. Inquiring Winemaker 65 Do We Still Need Winemak- ers? By Tim Patterson Postmodern Winemaking 70 Latest Power Tool Nails Winemaking. By Clark Smith Grounded Grapegrower 75 Modern Wines From Ancient Grapes. By Glenn McGourty Calendar 80 Advertisers' Index 81 Viewpoint 82 Decision Threatens Winery Privileges. By Cary M. Greene WINE EAST IN WINES & VINES News from Eastern North America 58 Mobile Bottling for Midwest- ern Wineries; No Drilling Near N.Y. Vineyards for Now. NORTHWEST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA EAST COVERING NORTH AMERICA FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE REGIONS