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VESTA Wine Chemistry Workshop

Sponsored by

Missouri State University - Department of Agriculture

and

Missouri Fruit Experiment Station

 

Featuring - Dr. Barry Gump, Fresno State University

 

May 16 - 17, 2008

Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

Mtn. Grove, Missouri

Cost: $150 per person

(No cost to current VESTA students enrolled in VIN 268)

Class Size Limited to 24 Participants

 

Click here for the Registration Form.

Friday, May 16    
TIME ACTIVITY PRESENTER
8:00 - 8:45 AM Registration, Coffee provided
8:45 - 9:00 AM

Welcome and Overview

Chemistry Lab

Shannon Hall,

Missouri State West Plains - Mtn. Grove Campus

Dale Law, VESTA PI
9:00 - 12:00 Noon Chemistry Session 1 

Soluble Solids: Determination by Refractometry

Soluble Solids: Sugar per Berry by Refractometry

Sugars: Reducing Sugar by Visual Rapid Estimation

Dr. Barry Gump, VESTA Instructor
12:00  - 1:00 PM Lunch Break Lunch Provided
1:00  - 3:00 PM Chemistry Session 2

Hydrogen Ion Concentration: pH Meter Measurement

Titratable Acidity: Titrametric Procedure Production Modification

 

Dr. Barry Gump
3:00 - 3:15 PM Break  
3:15 - 5:00 PM Chemistry Session 3

Titratable Acid: AOCAC (Titrametric) Procedure

Dr. Barry Gump
5:00 - 6:00 PM Break  
6:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner

Club 60

(at participant's own expense)

Saturday, May 17    
7:45 - 8:00 AM Coffee  
8:00 - 10:00 AM Chemistry Session 4

Ethanol: Three Methods of Determination

Malolactic Fermentation: Monitoring by Paper Chromatography

Nitrogen: Estimate of FAN by Formol Titration

Dr. Barry Gump
10:00 - 10:15 AM Break  
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Chemistry Session 5

Sulfur Dioxide: Aeration Oxidation Distillation and Titration Procedure

Acetic Acid: Steam Distillation of Volatile Acid Using Cash or Markham Still

Dr. Barry Gump
12:15 - 12:30 PM Wrap Up and Dismissal  

 

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