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January's Contributors A William Fuchs n article about winery construction, page 44, goes beneath the surface as William Fuchs, a Ph.D. geologist, details the cave construction and installation of equipment at Arkenstone, an ambitious new underground winery in Angwin, Calif. Fuchs works for the Northern California cave contractor Magorian Mine Services, which dug Arkenstone's elaborate caves. He is an expert regarding the geology of Napa hillside vineyards and has studied soils in Nevada, Portugal and Turkey. Liza Gross journal PLoS Biology (Public Library of Science). She writes about everything from molecules to ecosystems, and she's returned to her roots to write about the science of wine in this issue. (See "Making Sense of Sulfites" L on page 52.) Gross started her career in publishing more than 20 years ago at Wine Spectator, and her features have appeared in High Country News, Sierra magazine and Tikkun. Thomas Ulrich A here is nothing like a crop failure in your own Sonoma County vineyard to remind you about the value of crop insurance. Con- tributor and winemaker Stephen Yafa's crop loss in 2010 was covered, thankfully. In his article, "Choosing Crop Insurance," page 60, Yafa looks at the whole picture of winegrape T insurance and explains how to choose what's best for your finan- cial situation. In recent years Yafa has reported for Wines & Vines about barrels and coopers. January's Cover Arkenstone Vineyards' fermentation hall hides its automation and sophisticated flexibility underground, where a mammoth barrel storage cave also resides. Photogra- pher Charles O'Rear captured this image inside the 26,000-square-foot cave. To view more of his work, visit charlesorear. photoshelter.com. 4 Wines & Vines JAnUARY 2011 frequent contributor to Wines & Vines, Thomas Ulrich investigates the efficacy of optical sorting equipment in detecting and eliminating material other than desir- able grapes as the harvest is destemmed and sorted. His article beginning on page 32 describes how two high-quality wineries used optical sorting in 2010 and how effective they found it to be. Ulrich has written about computer technology for many years and teaches journalism at San Jose State University in California. Stephen Yafa iza Gross is a science journalist and senior science writer and editor at the science A Member of Wine Communications Group Inc. EDITORIAL Editor Jim Gordon Production Editor Kate Lavin Technical Editor Kerry Kirkham Contributing Editor Jane Firstenfeld Senior Correspondent Paul Franson Northwest Correspondent Peter Mitham Winemaking: Tim Patterson, Clark Smith Grapegrowing: Cliff Ohmart, Glenn T. McGourty Columnists Laurie Daniel, Jamie Goode, Dixie Lee Huey, Thomas Ulrich, Stephen Yafa PUBLISHING Editors: Hudson Cattell, Linda Jones McKee; Writer: Richard Carey Contributing Writers Wine East President & Publisher Chet Klingensmith Hugh Tietjen Chairman Publishing Consultant Ken Koppel WEST: Jacques Brix, Vice President & Director of Sales (707) 473-0244, jbrix@winesandvines.com ADVERTISING MIDWEST: Hooper Jones Associates Inc. (847) 486-1021, hooperhja@aol.com (215) 794-3442, marshatabb@comcast.net EAST: Marsha Tabb INTERNATIONAL: Dave Bayard (973) 822-9275, dave@bayard.com Administrative Coordinator Stephanie Papadakis Advertising Coordinator Christina Ballinger ADMINISTRATION Office Assistant Gina Brodie CIRCULATION & DATABASE DEVELOPMENT Database Manager Lynne Skinner Circulation Manager Emilee Schumer Research Assistant Allison Bowser Web Developer James Rust WEBSITE Design & Production Manager Bridget Williams DESIGN & PRODUCTION Wines & Vines, ISSN 043-583X, a member of Wine Communications Group, Sonoma, CA, is published monthly. Periodicals postage paid at San Rafael and at additional mailing offices. Publishing Information Volume 92, Number 1 (866) 453-9704 • subs@winesandvines.com • www.winesandvines.com Subscription Rates Wines & Vines, 1800 Lincoln Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901-1298 Customer Service Send address changes to our publication office: Postmaster U.S., $38.00; Canada/Mexico, $48.00 All other countries, $85.00 (for airmail add $85.00) 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. Deborah Roberti Ad Prepress QSEE US AT UNIFIED, BOOTH #443g