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NEWS
Murray Valley Winegrowers’ chief executive Mike Stone has signed off after nine years at the post. Stone spoke to Australian Viticulture’s Mildura correspondent Terry Gange to share his view of the Australian wine industry and his personal plans for the future.

AWITC 2010
The 14th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference is set to get under way in the first week of July. The conference managers share the plans for the structure of the event and Australian Viticulture recommends several workshops for readers to attend during the event.

AUSTRALIAN VINTAGE 2010
Practical Viticulture columnist Tony Hoare reflects of the 2010 Australian vintage, giving his views on what needs to be taken into account on the part of both wineries and growers to ensure several improved outcomes in 2011.

VINEYARD MACHINERY
Hobart optometrist-turned-winegrape-grower John Rees has devised a method of producing biodiesel made from used cooking oil and is sharing the knowledge with fellow land owners.

VINEYARD MACHINERY
Several Australian Viticulture readers gave permission for the magazine to share their responses to the recent survey about their experiences with mechanical fruit thinning. The readers’ feedback is published in this issue as part of the annual vineyard machinery feature.

TEMPRANILLO
Yalumba viticulturists Nick Dry and Dan Newson hosted a ‘vineyard variety walk’, focussed on Tempranillo in the Wrattonbully region of south-east South Australia in February this year. In this article, Dry and Newson discuss their experience with Tempranillo pruning, canopy management, irrigation, ripening, harvest and clonal selection.

THE NATURE OF ORGANICS
In Part 2 of Luke Johnston’s outline of the history of organic viticulture and the major research studies, he discusses some of the issues associated with past research and how it makes the interpretation of results difficult.

THE NATURE OF ORGANICS
Two Australian vineyards have taken the step of using sheep as an alternative means of managing weeds, including Canonbah Bridge, in New South Wales, and Rees Miller Estate, in Victoria. Winetitles journalist Stephanie Keoghan spoke with the owners of both properties to learn more.

TABLEGRAPES
Testing led by the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia has revealed that treatment of exported tablegrapes from Australia using a product containing ethyl formate with carbon dioxide, will provide safe control of quarantine pests without damaging produce quality.

NEBBIOLO VARIETAL REPORT
Ahead of Joel Pizzini’s history of Nebbiolo in Australia and tales of his own experience with the variety, Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation analyst Mark Rowley gives the latest statistics about the area of Nebbiolo under vine in Australia and new export figures.

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From the Editor's desk

The May/June 2010 issue of Australian Viticulture, Australia’s only magazine dedicated to the business of viticulture, looks at various ways that growers are managing vineyard costs.