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Practical Winery & Vineyard has, in its 30 years of publication, always felt it was performing the services of a Journal rather than just a Magazine.
For the continuing education of the grape and wine industry, we have always straddled the educational line between university research, and the application of such research and other best practices in the winery/vineyard.
We decided to update our name accordingly. We hope you will welcome the Practical Winery & Vineyard Journal!
In the best tradition of professional journals in fields as diverse as medicine, law, and

engineering, Practical Winery & Vineyard Journal is moving to quarterly format in 2011.
PWV is committed to giving readers more quality content than ever, and will offer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall editions that follow the grapegrowing / winemaking year. Readers will have three months to review the in-depth, peer-reviewed, practical content in each edition.
The Winter 2011 edition of Practical Winery & Vineyard Journal will be published in January, 2011, and we hope to bring you our best issue ever. Read it over and tell us what you think!

Reader comments, feedback, and critique are invaluable as we work to serve the continuing needs of the wine industry with the best quality content possible.
Your comments about our work past, present, and future can be sent to PWV anytime by emailing don@practicalwinery.com.

Don Neel, Editor/Publisher Practical Winery & Vineyard Journal

Open your eyes to improving wine quality ~ By Dr. Richard Smart ~ July/August 2010
Maximizing aroma preservation in white/ros wines ~ By Paul K. Bowyer (Technical Manager, Laffort Australia), Marie-Laure Murat (Lab Manager, Sarco, France), and Virginie Moine-Ledoux (Research Director, Laffort) ~ May/June 2010
European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana, in Napa Valley vineyards ~ By Lucia Varela, Rhonda J. Smith, Monica L. Cooper, and Richard W. Hoenisch, University of California ~ March/April 2010
Monitoring microbes during cellaring/bottling ~ By Lisa Van de Water ~ January/February 2010
What causes a bud to produce a bunch or not? ~ By Devin Carroll ~ November/December 2009
Monitoring microbes during fermentation ~ By Lisa Van de Water ~ September/October 2009
Preventing oxygen ingress in wine bottle closure trials ~ By Richard Gibson ~ September/October 2009
Carbon footprints of vineyard operations ~ By Eli Carlisle, David R. Smart, Joe Browde, and Andrew Arnold ~ September/October 2009
Impact of délestage with partial seed removal ~ By Dr. Bruce Zoecklein, Lisa M Pélanne, Sandy S. Birkenmaier; and Karen Reed ~ July/August 2009
UC researchers demonstrate potential use of pheromones in management of mealybugs ~ By Jocelyn Millar, Rebeccah Waterworth, Walt Bentley, Kent Daane, Vaughn Walton, and Monica Cooper ~ May/June 2009
Winery lighting upgrades ~ By Tina Vierra ~ March/April 2009
Sulfur dioxide - Science behind the anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, wine additive ~ By Pat Henderson, Kenwood Vineyards ~ January/February 2009
2,4,6-TBA – Next 2,4,6-TCA in U.S. wine industry ~ By Robert Tracy ~ November/December 2008
PG&E studies electrodialysis for cold stability ~ By Steve Fok, PE ~ September/October 2008
Accumulation tables overcome unstable tapered bottles ~ By Ben Garvey ~ July/August 2008
Spring Mountain Vineyard UC Berkeley introduces beneficial insects to control vine mealybugs ~ By Jack Heeger ~ May/June 2008
Future of the wine industry - Climate Change Science ~ By Kimberly Nicholas Cahill, and Christopher B. Field, Stanford University and Carnegie Institution for Science ~ March/April 2008
New fermentors for gentle handling ~ By Tina Vierra ~ January/Febuary 2008
MICRO-OXYGENATION: Innovation for the winemaking toolbox ~ By Henry Work ~ November/December 2007
Leaf removal strategies for Pinot Noir ~ By Nicolas Cantacuzene ~ September/October 2007
What the label says about your wine ~ By Skye Hallberg & Ron Woloshun ~ July/August 2007
Geographical branding ~ By J. Scott Gerien ~ May/June 2007
Understanding and controlling Botrytis ~ By Wayne F. Wilcox ~ March/April 2007
Vine and planting options for vineyard development ~ By Fred Peterson ~ January/February 2007
Three most common methods to measure vine water status ~ Kay Bogart ~ November/December 2006
Making wine shows and festivals productive ~ Paul Wagner, Janeen Olsen, Liz Thach ~ September/October 2006
Rhône Rangers reach out to trade/customers ~ Johanna Rupp ~ September/October 2006
Living with mealybugs, vine and otherwise ~ Laura Breyer ~ July/August 2006
Chateau Montelena: Balanced soils play vital role in high-quality wines ~ Jack Heeger ~ May/June 2006
Persistence of vegetal characters in winegrapes and wine ~ Kay Bogart, Linda Bisson ~ March/April 2006
Which mealybug is it, and why should you care? ~ Rhonda Smith, Lucia Varela ~ January/February 2006
Clean vines for healthy vineyards ~ Mark Chien, Deborah Golino ~ January/February 2006
U.S. WINE MARKET LIBERALIZATION BY 2015: Perfect storm forming ~ John Hinman, Deborah Steinthal ~ November/December 2005
Eliminating formation of hydrogen sulfide by Saccharomyces ~ Angela Lee Linderholm and Linda F. Bisson ~ November/December 2005
Nitrogen: friend or foe of wine quality? ~ Marcus Keller ~ September/October 2005
Bottling Under Screwcaps — Quality control issues for premium wines ~ Henry Work ~ July/August 2005
Benefits of energy auditing for your winery ~ John Garn ~ May/June 2005
Improving grapevine productivity — Mitigating Armillaria root diseases ~ Dr. Kendra Baumgartner & Amy E. Warnock ~ March/April 2005
Research update — Grapevine trunk diseases in California ~ W.D. Gubler, P.E. Rolshausen, F.P. Florent, J.R. Urbez, T. Voeggel, G.M. Leavitt, & E.A. Weber ~ January/February 2005
Growing profits by getting smaller ~ Deborah Steinthal ~ November/December 2004
Cover cropping systems for organically farmed vineyards ~ Glenn McGourty ~ September/October 2004
Coro Mendocino — Zinfandel blends promote wine region ~ Tina Vierra ~ July/August 2004
Vine Mealybug: Formidable pest spreading through California Vineyards ~ Kent Daane, Ed Weber & Walt Bentley ~ May/June 2004
Fish-friendly farming: Unique green certification program for grapegrowers ~ Laurel Marcus ~ March/April 2004
Looking to the sun for renewable energy ~ Tina Vierra ~ January/February 2004
What is your lender thinking?~ Tina Vierra ~ November/December 2003
Mechanized retrieval of grape boxes reduces worker injury ~ Penny Hastings ~ September/October 2003
AVF FUNDED RESEARCH: Zinfandel Heritage Vineyard Update ~ James A. Wolpert & Michael M. Anderson ~ July/August 2003
Broad cooperative effort helps AVF move research forward ~ Tina Vierra ~ May/June 2003
Strategies to control powdery mildew ~ Wayne F. Wilcox ~ March/April 2003
Insider Tips — Saving money on cooperage ~ Henry Work ~ January/February 2003
Wildlife activity along creek corridors ~ Jodi Hilty ~ November/December 2002
Focus on Pierce's Disease ~ Three articles ~ September/October 2002
Understanding grape berry development ~ James Kennedy ~ July/August 2002
Barrel inspection criteria ~ Henry Work ~ May/June 2002
Importance of soil texture to vineyard management ~ March/April 2002
Improving winery lab quality ~ Christian Butzke ~ January/February 2002
Laboratory testing for grapevine diseases ~ Ed Weber, Deborah Golino & Adib Rowhani ~ January/February 2002
Irrigation of wine grapes in California ~ Larry E. Williams ~ November/December 2001
Keeping wine on the Congressional Agenda ~ Millie Howie ~ November/December 2001
Leaf canopy structure and vine performance ~ M. Carmo Vasconcelos PhD. & Steve Castagnoli ~ September/October 2001
In search of optimal grape maturity ~ Linda Bisson ~ July/August 2001
International perspective on young vine decline ~ Michael Porter ~ May/June 2001
Decreased spraying improves quality, nature, bottom line ~ Bill Petrovic & David Rosenthal ~ March/April 2001
Robert Mondavi Winery: Creating a Winery to Match a Vineyard ~>Carol Caldwell-Ewart ~ January/February 2001
Fifty years of reasearch at the world's largest winery ~ Arthur Caputi Jr.~ November/December 2000
Lemelson Winery: Building a Gravity-Flow Pinot Noir Facility ~ Laurence Ferar ~ September/October 2000
Understanding creative marketing~ Jim Murphy~ July/August 2000
Windbreaks mitigate climate. ~ Don Neel ~ May/June 2000
Oakroot fungus on grapevines ~ Kendra Baumgartner & David M. Rizzo ~ March /April 2000
Use of ozone for winery and environmental sanitation ~ January / February 2000
Liming of vineyard soils ~ July/August 1999
Equipment/Barrel Leasing: A powerful financial tool ~ March/April 1999
Managing phosphorous deficiency in vineyards ~ R. Stanley Grant ~ January/February 1999

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Guest articles from universities, research organizations and government institutions are published by arrangement.
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