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Running Time - 28 minutes
Conversation with Joel Sommer, winemaker, grape grower, and creator of www.WinePress.US, the largest wine making and grape growing discussion forum on the Internet.
We continue our discussion of the "balance" of a wine by taking a step back and talking about PH, the PH meter and the care of this important piece of equipment. Also a technical tip on how to remove labels from wine bottles.
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Running Time - 28 minutes
Interview with Greg Cook, winemaker from Fargo North Dakota. Greg has made award winning fruit wines
and also helped to establish a local chapter of the American Wine Society. We begin a series of talks about the "balance" of a wine, and specifically speak about acidity.
We re-visit John Zamarra's instructions on how to make a glue applicator and build an applicator during the episode.
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Episode six
Running Time - 23 Minutes
Interview with Ed Schultz of Barrel Associates International as he discusses the reason for using oak for storage of wine. Our product spotlight is on an "auto-syphon" product. Ray Reigstad returns to talk about his fruit wines
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Episode five
Running Time - 23 Minutes
Interview with Vocation Vacations about taking a vacation at a working winery. We speak with John Zamarra as he discusses his invention - a glue applicator for affixing labels onto wine bottles.
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Episode four
Running Time - 23 Minutes
Interviews with Matt Gubitosa, owner of Animale Wines, and Ray Reigstad, creator of Army Worm Wine. Wine Kit product information.
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Episode three
Running Time - 21 Minutes
Interview with Dr. Stephen Reiss author of the book, "Juice Jargon." Continuation of the series "Introduction to Wine Making" parts two and three.
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Episode two
Running Time - 20 Minutes
Interview with Jon Mendrick of Mountain Homebrew and Wine Supply Store about starting and owning a wine supply store. We highlight the Turbo Scrubber product and begin our series on "Introduction to Wine Making" part one.
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Episode one
Running Time - 20 Minutes
Interview with Peter Brehm, winemaker and vineyard owner. How to plant a grapevine. News of interest to winemakers or people who love wine - or both.
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