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APRIL — SIXTH ANNUAL OAK ALTERNATIVE S IS SUE Benching Barrel Alternatives 30 COVER ST OR Y D A TA CENTER February Domestic Sales Grew in Single Digits 12 WINEMAKING Winemaker Interview With Jeff Cohn of JC Cellars 38 Enologists Tackle Common Cellar Woes in New Book 45 Some products newly licensed in the United States to combat powdery and downy mildew undergo multiple trials in Eastern vineyards. 6 Wines & Vines APRiL 201 1 Best Fungicides to Fight Mildew in the Vineyard 47 60 Urban winemaker and Zinfandel specialist Jeff Cohn employs a variety of yeasts to showcase in- dividual vineyards' best qualities. Learn his tricks and the story behind Rockpile Ranch yeast. 30 DEPARTMENTS Contributors 4 Editor's Letter 8 What Wine Writers Want. By Jim Gordon In spite of some winemakers' secrecy about the use of oak barrel alternatives, sophisticated test kits and bench trials can help vintners make their visions into realities. By Kerry Kirkham 38 The Symphony IRI Group ranked Cupcake Vineyards the No. 1 brand in its annual Top 30 Momentum Table Wine Brands analysis. Plus, Wines Til Sold Out led flash sales in February. News Headlines 16 Shipping Options; Oregon Wine Industry Optimistic; Veteran Winemakers Join Forces; Temecula Faces Future; Washington Wine Industry Grows; Premiere Napa Valley Reaps Millions; Holman Lang Winery Sold. Plus News Bytes and Briefs. Product News 26 Latest Winery & Grower Of- ferings and Developments. Faces & Forums 28 WAWGG Annual Meeting. Inquiring Winemaker 51 Rethinking Barrel Materials. By Tim Patterson Postmodern Winemaking 54 Phenolic Chemistry and Wine- making. By Clark Smith Grounded Grapegrowing 60 Tuning Your Vineyard for the Vintage. By Glenn McGourty Advertisers' Index 65 Viewpoint 66 Reporting Units Should Be Standardized. By Patricia Howe WINE EAST IN WINES & VINES News from Eastern North America 44 Boom Times for Ohio; Online Learning; Advice in the East. Wine East editor Hudson Cattell reviews "Winemaking Problems Solved," written by a team of experts and edited by Christian Butzke. NORTHWEST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA EAST COVERING NORTH AMERICA FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE REGIONS