HARVEST WORKSHOP

Presented by ETS Laboratories and Scott Laboratories

Friday, July 23, 2010
9:00 - 11:00 am
or
1:30 - 3:30 pm 

ETS Laboratories
Conference Room
899 Adams Street
St. Helena, CA 94574

Reserve your space today:
(707) 302-1230
rsvp@etslabs.com

MICROBIOLOGY FROM VINEYARD TO FERMENTATION

  • What is in the vineyard and why is it important?
  • What comes in on the grapes?
  • Can it affect your wine?
  • Minimizing problems from vineyard microbes
  • New detection methods for microbial identification

GRAPE PHENOLIC COMPOSITION

  • Grape maturation - the ETS Juice Panel
  • Monitoring phenolic ripening
  • Grape water content and its affect on grape composition
  • Characterizing raw materials entering the winery
  • Monitoring phenolic extraction during fermentation
  • Manipulating extraction and augmenting phenolic composition

OPTIMIZING FERMENTATIONS

  • Enzymes for maximizing yields and aromatics
  • Choosing yeast strains for harvest 2010
  • Tannin options selected for the North American wine market