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2020 Wine Chemistry Workshop - FIU Miami, FL

2020 Wine Chemistry Workshop - FIU Miami, FL

Presenter - Dr. Barry Gump is the first holder of the Harvey R. Chaplin Eminent Scholar’s Chair in Beverage Management at Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. In this position he is developing new graduate and undergraduate beverage classes to expand the offerings of the Beverage Management curriculum. Dr. Gump is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Enology at California State University, Fresno. He has had a long association (over thirty years) with the wine industry, conducting research in analytical methodology applied to grapes, juices, and wines.

Schedule

Day 1

8:00 – 8:15: Welcome and Overview of Chemistry Lab
8:15 – 11:15: Chemistry Session 1

  • Malolactic Fermentation: Monitoring by Paper Chromotography
  • Soluble Solids: Determination by Refractometry
  • Soluble Solids: Sugar per Berry by Refractometry

11:15 – 12:15: Lunch (provided)
12:15 – 2:00: Chemistry Session 2

  • Hydrogen Ion Concentration: pH Meter Measurement
  • Titratable Acidity: Titrametric Procedure & Nitrogen: Estimate of YAN by Formal Titration
  • Sugars: Reducing Sugars by Visual Rapid Estimation

2:00 – 2:15: Break
2:15 – 4:00: Continue with pH, TA, Brix, N2 discussions and titrations
4:00 – 5:00: Break
5:00 – 6:00: Dinner

Day 2

7:45 – 8:00: Coffee
8:00 – 10:00: Chemistry Session 3

  • Ethanol: Ebulliometric Analysis
  • Sulfur Dioxide: Aeration/Oxidation
  • Distillation and Titration Procedure

10:00 – 10:15: Break
10:15 – 11:30: Chemistry Session 4

  • Sulfur Dioxide: Ripper
  • Titration Procedure
  • Acetic Acid: Steam Distillation of Volatile Acid Using Cash Still

Price: Cost is $200, $175 early bird through February 28.  

Additional discounts: Multiple participants from one winery $50 for each additional person signed up from same winery or vineyard.

Venue-

Florida International University
11200 SW 8th St
HM140 Hospitality Management
Miami, FL 33199

Lodging- 

Comfort Suites Miami - Kendall
3901 SW 117th Ave
Miami, FL 33175

Phone: (305) 220-3901

Doral Inn & Suites Miami Airport West 
1212 NW 82nd Ave
Miami, FL 33126

Phone: (305) 629-8755

Registration

Click here to register for the workshop.  Registration REQUIRED for all attendees.

Contact name: Cassandra Clark
Phone: 417-837-2513
E-mail: CassandraLClark@missouristate.edu
Admission price: $175 per person EARLY BIRD Registration if paid by February 28. ($200 after February 28. No charge for VESTA students currently enrolled in VIN 268) $50 for each additional person signed up from same winery or vineyard

Location: Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199