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OCT OBER — ARTIS AN WINEMAKING IS SUE COVER ST OR Y Winemakers and Labs Identify Top 10 Essential Analyses For Harvest 26 ARTISAN WINEMAKING The Right Advice to Make Smart Barrel Choices 30 Wineries Experiment With Intricate Designs 36 TE CHNICAL REVIEW Wineries Joined at the Hip: Ampelos and Dragonette 42 Two brands eschew wine country tradition to make wine at a decorative stone warehouse they converted into custom cellar space. NORTHWEST You can huff and puff, but the barrel storage area constructed at Black Ankle Vineyards won't blow down—plus it was cheap to build. 6 WINES & VINES OCTOBER 2012 The House that Straw Built Stands in Pennsylvania 60 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA EAST FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE REGIONS COVERING NORTH AMERICA DEPARTMENTS Contributors 4 Editor's Letter 8 Is the Wine Industry Better Off Today? By Jim Gordon Experts advise vintners to know their Brix, ti- tratable acidity, pH, malic acid and yeast avail- able nitrogen levels. Tests that some consider non-essential will one day be the norm. 26 Wine Industry Metrics 10 August Data Reflects Strong Wine Economy; Domestic Wine Grows 8% in August; Cabernet Sauvignon Leads Flash Offers. Artisan winemakers seek diversity for layered flavors and rank quality and wood source highly when evaluating their barrel programs. Etched and screen-printed bottles add style and staying power, while a variety of colored plastics create eye-catching wax-like closures. 30 36 News Headlines 14 Crop Forcing Improves Wine- grape Quality; Washington Wine Sales in 'State of Flux'; Idaho Wine Industry Readies for Growth; Crushpad Had Nothing Left to Spend; Cal Poly Gets New Director; Napa Cab Prices and U.S. economy. Product News 22 The Latest Supplier Offerings. Faces & Forums 24 Family Winemakers: Big Happy Family Visits the City. Inquiring Winemaker 52 To Co-Ferment Or Not To Co-Ferment. By Tim Patterson Calendar 64 Advertisers' Index 65 Viewpoint 66 A Wager About Corks Vs. Screwcaps. By Dan Berger WINE EAST IN WINES & VINES News from Eastern North America 57 Court OKs Kentucky Market Wine Sales; Patricia Kluge Breaks Her Silence.