| Wine Appreciation from Grapes to Glass: an
Introduction - Subject to revision…! |
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| Instructors: Karin Limburg, Dennis Swaney |
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| Email: klimburg@esf.edu, dpswaney@gmail.com |
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Topic(s) |
Instructor |
Notes |
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| 19-Jan-11 |
Overview of the
course |
KL, DS |
Meet and greet; aims;
requirements, etc |
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How to open
a bottle of wine (P. Hai) |
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Tasted: Lotus Merlot (California, $9/btl), Terra Andina Sauvignon
Blanc (Chile, $8/btl) |
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I: From Grapes… |
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| 26-Jan-11 |
Sensory
aspects of wine and wine tasting |
DS, KL |
Smell "Le Nez du Vin"
scents |
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Another
reading about taste descriptions |
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Reading:
"Wines have feelings, too" from NY Times |
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| 2-Feb-11 |
How
wine is made |
Chris Gerling, Cornell Ag Expt
Station, Geneva |
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| 9-Feb-11 |
Why
do we grow 42 varieties of wine grapes in the Finger Lakes? |
Tim Martinson, Cornell Ag Expt
Station, Geneva |
Tasted: Red Cat (Hazlitt Vineyard, $6.50/btl), Tony's Red (Anthony
Road Winery, $7/btl), Goose Watch Traminette ($11/btl) |
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Link to "Appellation Cornell" newsletter
about Cornell's Oenology/Viticulture program |
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| Part
II: …To the Glass…a Global Tour |
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| 16-Feb-11 |
France
I: Burgundy, Rhone, and Loire |
Guest lecture, Mark Whitmore |
Tasted:
Regis Bouvier Montre Cul (Burgundy, $26), Petit chapeau (Rhone, $12),
Bourillon Dorleans (Vouvray, $19) |
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| 23-Feb-11 |
France
II: Bordeaux |
DS, KL |
Tasted: Ch.
Jaquet (Entre-deux-mers, $12), 2006 Ch. Greysac (Medoc, $12), 2005 Lafleur
Poitou (Lussac St-Emilion, $16) |
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QUIZ 1 (1st 10 minutes of class) |
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| 2-Mar-11 |
Germany |
DS, KL |
Tasted:
Kremser Weinzierl 2009 Gruner Veltliner ($10), Maximin Grunhauser 2007 QbA
(Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, $11), August Kesseler 2009 Riesling (Rheingau, $15) |
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| 9-Mar-11 |
Spain/Portugal |
DS, KL |
Tasted:
Pazo do Mar (Galicia, $14), Porrais (Portugal Duoro Valley '07, $17), Quinta
Bon-Ventos '08 (Tinto National, $9), Dacu '09 (R. del Guadiana Tempranillo,
$13) |
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| 16-Mar-11 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| 23-Mar-11 |
Australia,
New Zealand & South Africa |
DS, KL |
Tasted: Man
Vinyard 2009 Pinotage (S.Africa, $9), RedDust 2009 Shiraz (S. Australia,
$11), 3 Brooms 2010 Sauvignon blanc (N.Z., Marlborough, $14) |
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| 30-Mar-11 |
QUIZ 2 (1st 10 minutes of class) |
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California |
Guest lecture, Paul Hai |
Tasted: Rex
Goliath Chardonnay ($5), Bogle Chardonnay ($8.50), Bogle Zinfandel ($11) |
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| 6-Apr-11 |
Argentina
& Chile |
Guest lecture, Tim Ahart |
Tasted: Sur
de los Andes Torrento (Arentina, $10); Aresti Sauv. Blanc (Chile, $11); Terra
Andina Carmeniere ($10-11); Beviam Malbec (Argentina, $13) |
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Karin is away in Vienna |
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| 13-Apr-11 |
Italy |
Guest lecture, Dana Decker |
Tasted:
Vinosia '09 Malvesia ($11), Liotro '10 Inzolia ($10),La Maia Lina '08 Chianti
($11), Morellino di Scansono '07 (in "Super-Tuscan" lineage, $13) |
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| 20-Apr-11 |
Climate
change impacts on viticulture |
Guest Lecture, Paul King, SixMile
Creek Winery |
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| 27-Apr-11 |
Bubblies:
Champagnes and other sparkling wines |
DS, KL |
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