Filterability Index by cwhyte Today for our last lesson of 2020 we popped down to the laboratory to do a quick run through on Filterability Index. This index gives an indication of the time … CCO410 | Thursday 17th December 2020
International Shipping by cwhyte With a large part of New Zealand wine being exported overseas, it is in the best interest of the winemaker to be well versed in the different labelling laws concerning … CCO410 | Monday 14th December 2020
Bottling and Shipping by cwhyte Back to the classroom for our second to last day of studies, today we looked at the setup of a bottling line and the many different ways wine is stored … CCO410 | Monday 14th December 2020
Indevin Visit by cwhyte Once again we left the classroom on another visit. This time we went to a large winery not far from WineWorks called Indevin. Indevin is a large scale winery dealing … CCO410 | Monday 14th December 2020
WineWorks Visit by cwhyte Today we left the class room to visit a large bottling company in the region known as WineWorks. WineWorks is a contract company offering wine bottling and warehousing services for … CCO410 | Friday 11th December 2020
Copper Fining Trials by cwhyte In the second part of our lab session we looked at the use of copper sulphate fining to remove H2S from red and white wine. The copper sulphate reacts with … CCO410 | Friday 11th December 2020
Labelling by cwhyte Our third class for Tuesday involved the labelling of wine and different amount of information that the labels need to display when shipping overseas to places such as the EU … CCO410 | Friday 11th December 2020
Copper Trials by cwhyte Today was our first lab session and we began with a diagnostic test for reductive wine characters also known as a cu/cd test. This test can be used to deduce … CCO410 | Friday 11th December 2020
Filtration by cwhyte Part two of Tuesday’s class was a talk about filtration. Filtration is quite an important aspect of wine making as many wine drinkers are put off by the appearance of … CCO410 | Friday 11th December 2020
