Wine News: Get Expert Winemaking Advice on Web
August 27, 2011
Davis, Calif.—A free interactive website to supply grapegrowing and winemaking advice and instruction is now live. Available to anyone with Internet access, Enology Access is a new tool from VENSource, which provides outreach from the University of California, Davis, Department of Viticulture and Enology. Dr. Linda Bisson from UCD introduced the program at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento this week.
VENSource originated after deep budget cuts in early 2010. The year-old department enhances and expands upon the former UC Davis Trellis Alliance and affiliated RAVE classes, now offered as “Wine Flavor 101” classes. VENSource is self-sufficient and independent of UC Davis funding.
The Enology Access website was designed to be interactive and fully searchable, with social interaction capability. It contains information, self-tutorials, webinars, live office hours and other industry-friendly features. Registration is free to all, so growers and winemakers anywhere can access the expertise of both university scholars and their peers.
Wine Flavor 101
According to VENSource program director Kay Bogart, the outreach department is self-funded, in large part through support of Wine Flavor 101 attendees. “We have incredible industry support,” Bogart told Wines & Vines. Employers send key employees to study for a day and pay class registration fees, helping to fuel the program.
VENSource classes are designed specifically for wine industry professionals, and are held in the new UC Davis conference center. Classes sell out regularly and waiting lists are already common.
The technical level of course work is high: For attendees who aren’t already versed in the fine points of something like molecular SO2, for example, these classes may be a long and confusing slog. Chemistry knowledge will also serve students well. If it’s been a few years since you’ve pored over chicken-wire diagrams, a quick refresher is highly recommended.
Mark Chon, head of guest relations at 20,000-case Opus One, Oakville, Calif. recently attended VENSource’s Wine Flavor 101B, Recognizing Defects During Aging. With a 20-year tenure Opus One, he was driven to enroll by his desire to engage in intelligent dialogue with customers about wine defects. Subsequently, now he can advise customers about proper wine storage to minimize risk of spoilage; the classes, he said, “give context to what customers are talking about when they come in to discuss wine defects.”
Chon remarked, “Linda Bisson articulates very well and is extremely dedicated. She made herself available to us even after the classes. Also, there’s a nice camaraderie between instructors. The passion is there.”
Ron Morris, winemaker and owner of 1,000-case Secret Ravine Vineyards and Winery, Loomis, Calif., completed all Wine Flavor classes of the series A – F. “I think they’re fantastic. You get the opportunity to experience aromas, plus all of the biologic and chemical data that surrounds it. I don’t know of another clinical setting where you can experience the science behind wine defects along with the sensory,” Morris said.
Wine Flavor classes present a broad spectrum of scenarios that the average winemaker might not experience elsewhere. Morris currently has wine aging in 300 oak barrels in his Secret Ravine Winery cellar. He said the classes have changed his sanitation and testing protocols, and he’s now paying closer attention to every phase of the winemaking process. “There are a lot of things that I now do a little differently,” he admitted.
Phil Burton, owner of Barrel Builders, Calistoga, Calif., regularly tastes wines as part of his cooperage business. “There are so many factors other than oak that enter into the flavor of wine. The more I know about wine taint, the more effective I am in discussing flavor profiles with winemakers,” he said. Even though Burton has been in the barrel business for 35 years, “The more I can do to learn, the more fun I have and the better I feel about my business.”
Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices. Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world. As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years. Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.
Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Loire, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Alsace, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Chile and Argentina etc. are well represented in this Clark Wine Shop.
This is one of the frequently visited places for wine lovers from Manila and Angeles City to buy international wines in Pampanga.
http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com
Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.
Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
(045) 841 4006 / 0922-870-5173 / 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 ask for Rea or Chay
Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.
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While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com
YATS Leisure Philippines is a developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine shops in Clark Angeles Philippines http://www.yatsleisure.com
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Clearwater Resort and Country Club offers a good place to stay in Subic Clark Angeles City Pampanga. In offers nice place to have rest in Subic Pampanga outside Manila.
One of the Philippines top hotels in north Luzon.
Looking for famous tourists spots, places to visit and see, relax and unwind in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines? You may want to check out these sites also:
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http://www.YatsWineCellars.com
Yats Restaurant is the best restaurant for special dinner, best restaurant for dinner with friends near Manila, also the best place to celebrate special events.
Famous Restaurant in Pampanga, a place to dine with friends in Clark, cozy restaurant with a nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassions
Are you looking for an attractive restaurant or a nice place to eat with friends in Clark, Angeles City Pampanga? Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar is a restaurant with good food and good wines for dinner located at Clark Angeles City Pampanga. Perfect for exclusive dinner venues for groups, recommended for private dinner in Philippines. A Restaurant in Clark for business dinner meeting. Private dinner place or dinner restaurant in Clark Subic Near Manila Angeles City Pampanga. Yats Restaurant is one of the Good Restaurant in Pampanga Angeles City Clark near Manila.
www.YatsRestaurant.com
Where to go in Clark? Hotel Clark Philippines is a De Luxe Hotel in Clark and Subic, a risk free place to stay, cozy and nice ambience, a nice function place for special occassion
www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com
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