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Viticulture & Oenology


    Updated by Angela Mills
 
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General sites and gateways


  • Able Grape (Only supports browsers: Safari 2.0/3.0, Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7.0, Opera 9). Aims to be the world's most complete, authoritative, and up-to-date online source for any wine, enology, or viticultural information
  • Just-drinks.com  A drinks trade site with free access to daily industry news, feature articles, research and industry forums. Also provides a subscription service to market reports, statistics, company profiles and more.
  • Wine State Library of South Australia. Information on their wine related materials, with links to information on archival materials, pictorial materials, lists of publications.
  • Wine literature of the world  Created by the State Library of South Australia to highlight their large collection of wine-related materials. Many items are available as digitised images and include important wine records, information on grapes and wines of the world, the history of the Australian wine industry, wine labels, menus and more.
  • WineDefinitions.com  Includes wine definitions, pronunciations and learning guides for viticultural education.

Databases and wine search engines for viticulture and oenology

Access to fulltext electronic journals and databases from outside the University network will require authentication with username and password.  See Authentication for Library electronic resources.

  • Agricola 1985- Database of the US National Library of Agriculture and cooperative organisations.
  • Annual report collection A selection of annual reports of the top 500 companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
  • Biosis Previews 1980- Also called Biological Abstracts. International biological database, includes viticulture, wine making, brewing, fermentation etc.
  • CAB Abstracts 1910- International agricultural database which covers grape and wine research.
  • Current Contents Connect Latest 4 years. Access to tables of contents and bibliographic data of current issues of more than 8,000 scholarly journals.
  • Pesticide Properties Database US ARS database used as one authoritative source of data for calculating pesticide movement in soils. Includes data such as soil sorption and soil half-life.
  • ScienceDirect (Elsevier)  Full text of journals published by Elsevier Science.
  • SciFinder scholar (Chemical Abstracts) 1967- Available for University staff and students only student/staff computers in all the Libraries. For installation instructions onto University PCs, see this guide.
  • Scopus 1966- Indexes a wide range of journal articles in all fields.
  • VITIS-VEA: viticulture and enology abstracts. An international German or English-language literature database in the field of viticulture and enology. It covers grapevine morphology, physiology, and biochemistry, soil science, genetics and grapevine breeding, phytopathology and grapevine protection, cellar techniques, economics of viticulture and enology, and the microbiology of wine.
  • Web of Science 1980- Indexes a wide range of journal articles in all fields.
  • Winefacts Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation - Comprehensive statistical information on the Australian and international wine sector, as well as wine sector overviews and reports. Prepared statistical tables are available, and customised data can be retrieved and downloaded into a spreadsheet program.
  • Winefiles.org  A database on wine, winemaking and grapegrowing as well as business, technology and history. Coverage is worldwide (1988-), with special emphasis on California (1849-). Produced by the Sonoma County Wine Library.

Closures

  • Cork Quality Council Provides a source of information to the wine industry about the natural cork and quality control procedures. Includes news on the progress of investigations into cork taint.
  • New Zealand Screwcap Wine Seal Initiative  The web page aims to provide information about the Initiative, the wineries and wines involved, technical detail about screwcap wine seals, and performance of wines sealed using screwcaps.

Grapevines

  • Viticulture (Michigan State University) The viticulture information centre within the AgNIC alliance.  Includes links to the web on viticulture, mainly pertaining to the United States. Covers reference tools, botany, pests & diseases, vineyard management.
  • Viticulture (Dept. of Agriculture, Western Australia) Includes information on pests and diseases, growing grapevines in W.A. etc.
  • VITIS-VEA: viticulture and enology abstracts. An international German or English-language literature database in the field of viticulture and enology. It covers grapevine morphology, physiology, and biochemistry, soil science, genetics and grapevine breeding, phytopathology and grapevine protection, cellar techniques, economics of viticulture and enology, and the microbiology of wine.
  • Vitisearch created by Michel White. Includes pictures of grape varieties.
  • Yalumba Nursery  Commercial viticultural nursery site. Includes rootstock selector aid.

Diseases and pests

  • Pests of grape (Univ. of California Pest Management Guidelines). Fulltext. Covers diseases, insects & mites, nematodes and weeds.
  • Viticulture - Pests (Michigan State University) The viticulture information centre within the AgNIC alliance.

Health aspects of alcohol

  • Alcohol: problems and solutions (State Uni. of NY) Useful and balanced information on effects of alcohol on health, advertising impact of alcohol, alcohol law and policy etc, and links to other research sites.
  • Alcohol studies database  Contains citations of over 55,000 documents indexed by the Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies since 1987. The database focuses on scholarly and professional materials on beverage alcohol, its use, and related consequences.
  • Wine and Health (Australian Wine Research Institute) Includes a list of published papers, FAQs on wine and health, and links to other sources of information.

Law and regulations

  • Winelaw (U.S.) A division of the Wine Institute, this site contains information gained from the US Federal Register and includes full-text files of relevant Federal Regulations and Statutes.

Journals

The following list (not comprehensive) provides links to core journals in wine science and also some trade journals.  Access to full text from the Library Catalogue is indicated. Publishers web sites are included, however the level of access varies from tables of contents, abstracts of articles, or sometimes fulltext of articles. Please make sure you check the Library catalogue to determine whether a print copy or electronic access to fulltext is available.
 
 
Journal title Publishers web site 
(full text availability indicated)
Access from Library Catalogue 
(full text availability indicated)
American journal of enology & viticulture Tables of contents & abstracts only 1950- Full text available 1959-
Australian and New Zealand grapegrower &  winemaker  Tables of contents only Full text not available
Australian and New Zealand wine industry journal  Searchable tables of contents only Full text available 2006-
Australian farm journal Selected articles only Full text not available
Australian journal of grape and wine research Tables of contents & abstracts only Full text not available
Australian viticulture Table of contents (current issue only) Full text not available
Australia's wine business magazine :WBM  Table of contents & some abstracts only Full text not available
Bulletin de l'O.I.V. (Office International de la vigne et du vin) Full text available 1999- Full text available 1999-
Decanter Selected articles only Full text not available
Harpers wine & spirit: trades review (merger of Harpers: the wine & spirit weekly and Wine & spirit) Selected articles only Full text not available
Journal of wine research Full text available 2000- Full text available 1990-
Mark Squire's E-zine on wine Full text available Not available in print or online
Practical winery & vineyard Tables of contents only Full text not available
Proceedings, ASVO seminar Tables of contents only Full text not available
Quarterly review of wines Selected articles only Not available in print or online
Vineyard & winery management  Selected articles only Not available in print or online
Vitis: journal of grapevine research Tables of contents only Full text not available
WBM Australia's wine business magazine  Table of contents & some abstracts only Full text not available
Wine & dine  Full text available Not available in print or online
Wine business monthly Full text available 1996- Full text available 1996-
Wine spectator Tables of contents only  Full text not available
Wines & vines Tables of contents only Full text available 1989-
Winestate Selected articles only Full text not available
 

Tasting

Recognose: Aroma Reference Techniques Australian site, includes articles on wine tasting by Richard Gawel, lists of aroma descriptors, French, German and Italian translations of wine tasting terms.


Wine marketing resource guide


AUSTRALIA

General and trade sites

  • Wine literature of the world  Created by the State Library of South Australia to highlight their large collection of wine-related materials. Many items are available as digitised images and include important wine records, information on grapes and wines of the world, the history of the Australian wine industry, wine labels, menus and more.
  • Winepros  Commercial Web site (Len Evans, James Halliday et al). Includes wine industry news, wine reviews, articles, and so on.
  • Winetitles Includes vintage reports, Australian Winery Search, and an overview of the Australian wine industry (sales, exports, production etc).
  • Wine World 2000 (Jim McMahon). General information on wine regions and wineries in Australia.

Industry statistics

  • Australian viticulture at a glance (Winefacts, Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation) Key viticulture statistics for the Australian wine industry, including: crush in tonnes, production by key varieties and plantings, grape uses, zones (volume and percent growth).
  • Australian wine grape production & winery intake : projections to....  (ABARE research report) Held in Library only at - Waite Journals 338.1099405 A.13. Also available online
  • Australian wine sector at a glance (Winefacts, Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation) A comprehensive overview of the Australian wine industry, covering key statistical measures over the past five years, and including: Australia’s top 5 export destinations, top producing zones (volume), top varieties (volume).
  • Global wine statistical compendium 1961-2003 / Glyn Wittwer and Kym Anderson. Adelaide : Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation for the Centre of Policy Studies, Monash Univesity and the Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide, 2004.
    Waite Reference, Waite Reserve, Waite External Collection  338.476632 W832g
    Available online to University of Adelaide staff and students from the Winefacts database
  • Global wine supply monitor Information on harvest tonnages and wine production since 1994 for the major wine producing countries in the world. Biannual. (Winefacts, Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation)
  • Grape crush by state (Winefacts, Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation) An overview of the total grape crush (tonnes) by State. Reported vintage 1972-2008.
  • Sales of Australian wine and brandy by winemakers/Australian Bureau of Statistics Held in Library at - Waite Journals 31(94) A93sal  Also available fulltext on  the Australian Bureau of Statistics web site, statistics section (use the Search menu and type in sales AND wine)
  • Vintage: the Australian Wine Yearbook The official industry annual, containing detailed statistics on Australian and world wine production, sales, exports, imports, consumption, areas under grapevine. Waite Reference 338.476632 V789
  • Wine sales in Australia: monthly report / Winemakers' Federation of Australia Waite Journals 663.2005 S163.2
  • Winefacts Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation - Comprehensive statistical information on the Australian and international wine sector, as well as wine sector overviews and reports. Prepared statistical tables are available, and customised data can be retrieved and downloaded into a spreadsheet program.
  • Winegrape water monitor (Winefacts, Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation) Monthly update on the key water variables that may impact on the size of Australia’s winegrape crop - rainfall, system inflows, water storage levels, water allocations and future rainfall prospects and is scheduled for release as soon after allocation announcements by the State Water Authorities are made on 15th of each month

Research and education

Wine industry organisations

  • Winemakers Federation of Australia Includes extensive information on policies (Strategy 2025 and Marketing Decade are available full-text), current projects (including a Wine Tourism database), links to industry information and statistics and organisational links.

Wineries (not meant to be an exhaustive list)

  • Wolf Blass (SA) Comprehensive Web site, includes tasting notes, technical notes on wine styles and processes, information on vineyards, history and more.

Canada


France

  • French Wines Web  English version. Lists winegrowers and makers for each region and links to their sites.
  • Vitis Vinifera In sometimes shaky but quite understandable English. Largely fulltext on wines and winemaking in France. Includes a useful glossary of terms in French and English and classification of appellations.

Germany

  • German Wine Page (Peter Ruhrberg). Excellent fulltext English site with extensive information about German wines, winemakers, regions and links to other Web sites.
  • GermanWines  Easy to use site with extensive links to wineries, cooperatives and information about grape varieties, regions and other facts about German wines. In English.

Greece

  • Greek wine  Includes regions, styles, legislation, links to trade, producer and winery sites.
  • Greekwinemakers.com Includes information about Greek grape varieties, appellations, regions etc.

Italy

  • VinItaly Online  A virtual tour of Italy's wine exhibition, searchable by exhibitor or product. English version.

New Zealand


South Africa

  • VinPro(SA)/Wynboer web site South Africa's wine farmer's representative organisation web site. Includes some fulltext articles from its Wineland magazine.

South America

  • Wines of Chile A guide to Chilean wines, links to many winery pages, a wine forum and links to other Web sites.

Spain

  • Spanish wine page  Comprehensive site with information on regions, grape varieties, wineries, labels, vintage charts, dealers and distributors etc.

USA

  • Northwest Berry & Grape InfoNet Information on Pacific Northwest pest management, soil and plant nutrition, irrigation, tools for problem diagnosis, links to other useful pest and IPM sites.
  • Wine Institute Includes useful links to health & society research, wine-specific research, US wine law and American viticultural areas.
  • Winelaw (U.S.) A division of the Wine Institute, this site contains information gained from the US federal Register and includes full-text files of relevant Federal Regulations and Statutes.
  • Wines.Com On U.S. wines, includes a useful searchable database of wine terms and topics. Also links to winery sites, trade press and news.

Other countries

  • Wines from Austria  (Austrian Wine Marketing Board) Includes regions, grape varieties, law, statistics.
  • Swiss wine page  In English. Information on regions, growers, trade links.
  • Wines of Slovenia Comprehensive site which includes information about labelling and classification, wine regions, winegrowers, grape varieties and more.