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Resources
This section is dedicated to providing technical information, presented at one of our group meetings, whenever available. Below you can find topics listed chronologically (most recent date first), with links and/or files for download.
2011
Thursday, July 22, 2011, 6pm at Meadowood
"27+ Years of Colorful Distilling"
Presentation by Marko Karakasevic, Master Distiller, Charbay
Thursday, June 16, 2011, 6pm at Meadowood
"The Impact of High Ethanol, Saignée and Extended Maceration on Wine Phenolic Composition"
by Dr. James Harbertson
Presentation: Phenolics Presentation (PDF)
Thursday, May 26, 2011, 6pm at Yountville Community Center
"Heat Spikes and Canopy Management in the Vineyard"
by Mark Greenspan, Advanced Viticulture
- Presentation: The Great Berry Cookoff of 2010 (PDF)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 6pm at Meadowood
"New Technologies for Harvesting and Sorting in the Napa Valley"
by Towle Merritt and Tim Rogers, Walsh Vineyard Management
- Presentation: Optical Sorting and Selective Harvesting (zipped PDF)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 6pm at Meadowood
"Flash Detente"
by Barry Gnekow and Rick Jones, Della Toffola
- Presentation: Flash Detente in Napa
2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010, 6pm at Meadowood
"Good Milk Makes Good Cheese"
by Sue Conley, co-founder of the Cowgirl Creamery in Point Reyes
Thursday, June 17, 2010, 6pm at Meadowood
“Yeast Components, Mannoproteins and Mouthfeel in Winemaking”
by Sigrid Gertsen-Briand, Technical Manager at Lallemand
May 13rd, 2010 at Westin Verasa
Joint Meeting with the Napa Valley Vineyard Technical Group
"How Grape Berry Cell Walls Affect Tannin Extraction During Winemaking"
by Dr. Doug Adams, Associate Professor of Viticulture at UC Davis
April 22nd, 2010 at V. Sattui Winery
Joint Meeting with the Sonoma Wine Technical Group
“Alternative Fermentation Vessels-New and Old"
Keith Emerson: Vineyard 29
Gerhard Zeimer and Jerome Aubin: Artisan Wine Barrels
March 25th, 2010 at Meadowood
“Beyond the Pond: New Technologies in Wastewater Management for Big & Small Wineries"
Eric Moody, Pace Supply Water Systems/Orenco AdvanTex
- Presentation: Media Filter Fundamentals-Orenco (PowerPoint)
Anu Shah, Summit Engineering
February 23rd, 2010 at Meadowood
"Phenolics and Tannin Assays for Practical Use in Winemaking" by John "Jack" Thorngate, Applications Chemist for Constellation Wines U.S. R&D, and Dr. Giovanni "Gianni" Colantuoni, a consultant for Rubicon Estate.
January 21st, 2010 at Meadowood
"Living Legends of Napa Valley-Joel Aiken and Tom Rinaldi"
- Joel Aiken: http://aikenwineconsulting.com/
- Tom Rinaldi: Provenance Vineyards
2009
July 23rd, 2009 at Meadowood
A Presentation on Salumi by The Fatted Calf
June 30th, 2009 at Meadowood
“Smoke Taint and Mirrors: Facts about Smoke Effect and its Removal from Wine" by Eric Dahlberg, Wine Secrets
May 21st, 2009 at V. Sattui Winery
Joint meeting with the Napa Valley Vineyard Technical Group
“Vine Physiology and the Effect of Weather Extremes Leading into Harvest” by Phil Freese, WineGrow
- Presentation: Vine Physiology and the Effect of Weather Extremes (PDF)
April 23rd, 2009 at Manzanita Restaurant, Healdsburg
Joint meeting with the Sonoma Wine Technical Group
“Local Food, Local Wine: Pairing High Quality Locally Grown Foods and Wines” by local chefs, ranchers, farmers, and vintners
March 26th, 2009 at Meadowood
“The Beastie Boys: Keeping the Bad Bugs at Bay Through Practical Winery Sanitation” byDr. Robert Tracey and Bevan Skaalen, BevTrac Mobile Quality Systems
- Presentation: Practical Winery Sanitation (PDF)
February 26th, 2009 at Meadowood
“Biogenic Amines: Relevance to the Wine Industry” by Dr. Richard DeScenzo, Microbiology Group Leader, ETS Laboratories, St. Helena
- Presentation: Biogenic Amines (PDF)
- Site: http://www.etslabs.com
January 22nd, 2009 at Meadowood
“21st Century Cooling Strategies for Dry Climates” by Dick Bourne, Associate Director, UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center
- Presentation: Cooling Strategies (PowerPoint)
- Site: http://wcec.ucdavis.edu
2008
July 24th, 2008 at Meadowood
"Sake: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask" by Stuart Morris, Sous-Chef/Sake Sommelier at Go Fish
June 24th, 2008 at Meadowood
"Energy Trends in the Wine Industry" by Gopal Shanker, Recolte Energy
- Presentation:Energy Trends in the Wine Industry (PowerPoint)
May 29th, 2008 at Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa
Joint meeting with the Napa Valley Vineyard Technical Group
"Water Deficits, Berry Size, and Yield in the Control of Winegrape Composition" by Dr. Mark A. Matthews, UC Davis Dept. of Viticulture & Enology
- Presentation: http://matthews.ucdavis.edu/Publications.html
Included: a special tasting of Ed Weber's 2005 and 2006 hangtime trial wines.
April 22nd, 2008 at V. Sattui Winery
Joint meeting with the Sonoma Wine Technical Group
"The Geologic Foundations of Soil Diversity in the Napa Valley" by Jonathan Swinchatt
"From Soil Diversity to Estate Wine: Limiting Factors of Vine Vigor" by Xavier Choné
March 25th, 2008 at Meadowood
"Wine & Olfaction" by Alexandre Schmitt
- Presentation: Wine Olfaction Workshop (PowerPoint)
February 26th, 2008 at Meadowood
"From Cellar to Bottle: Avoiding Haloanisole Taint" by Eric Herve, Ph.D., ETS Laboratories
- Site: http://www.etslabs.com
January 26th, 2008 at Meadowood
"Sustainable Winegrowing" by Allison Jordan & John Garn, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
- Presentation: Greening of California Wine (PowerPoint)
Last Updated: December 19, 2011
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