Re-Recording DVD+RW disks?

I have a LaCie d2 DVD±RW drive and was planning to use DVD+RW disks to (hopefully) re-record iPhoto library backups, ITunes backups, etc. I wanted to use the same disks every month, instead of using DVD+R or DVD-R disks and throwing them out.
Well, after the first record on by DVD+RW disk, I went in the next time to use the same disk and got "cannot record to disk". It thought it was write-locked and could not be reused. The Finder also sees the DVD+RW disk as read-only.
I must be doing something wrong.
Plus one other odd thing. System Profiler shows the LaCie drive as:
Manufacturer: LaCie Group SA
Model: > LaCie d2 DVD-RW Firewire
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Could I be missing some kind of driver update perhaps?
Thanks for any suggestions.
-- Dave

No, Disk Utility does not present the option to erase it. The Erase button is grey out.
On the LaCie site, there is this driver. I can burn the DVD+RW - but only once. Perhaps I need to install this too?
LaCie DiscRecording Support 1.25 for Mac OS X 10.3.2 or later
Posted: March 29, 2007
Mac (Download) [475 KB]
The LaCie DiscRecording installer will add the latest LaCie drive support to burning applications that use the DiscRecording framework. This includes but is not limited to, the Finder, iTunes, iPhoto, Backup, Disk Utility and DVD Studio Pro.

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