January Meeting: Special Event
Wine Defects Workshop with Steve Foise
Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Tukwila Masonic Lodge
Special Event in conjunction with the Puget Sound Amateur Wine and Beermakers Club (PSAWBC): Aromatic Defects of wine
- Learn ten common defects in wine such as cork taint, oxidized and Brettonomcyes yeast spoilage.
- Learn how to prevent defects
- Learn what can be done about defects
General
- Focus will be on aromatics and not tasting
- Bring your suspect wines for evaluation. Your chance to get your wine evaluated without having to buy all those nasty chemical reagents. Your chance to corner Steve and pick his brains on defects
- We will not be doing chemical analysis (ph, TA, RS, etc). Not enough time
- For further information contact Steve Foisie This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Presentation copies available before meeting. Please go to the BEWBC web site to down load and print a copy of the presentation prior to the meeting.
Cost: Five dollars which will cover chemicals and lodge rental
Class Notes (you must print out in advance)
Directions: Tukwila Masonic Lodge, 13034 41st Ave S, Tukwila, WA 98168. (Use Yahoo Map for electronic directions or http://tinyurl.com/ou783 ) Call 206-251-1344 if you get lost and need directions while driving
From I-5 (Southbound)
Take Exit 156 (Interurban Ave/Tukwila)
Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Interurban Ave S for 0.6 mi
Turn LEFT (South) onto 42nd Ave S for 0.2 mi
Turn RIGHT (West) onto S 131st St for ~175 yds
From I-5 (Northbound)
Take Exit 156 (WA-599 / Tukwila / W. Marginal Way)
Take Exit LEFT (North-West) onto Interurban Ave S for 0.4 mi
Turn LEFT (South) onto 42nd Ave S for 0.2 mi
Turn RIGHT (West) onto S 131st St for ~175 yds
Hope everyone can make it