Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, The Academic Wino will be taking a brief hiatus. We will be back all new starting the week after Thanksgiving! http://davidholstrom.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/turkey1.jpg As always, I am always on the look out for guest bloggers! If you…
Author: Becca
Wine Industry Waste as a Protein Supplement for Tilapia Feed Diets: Rice Wine Edition
There has been a lot of interest lately regarding recycling wine industry residues to be useful and beneficial in many different areas, such as meat preservatives, animal feed, food nutrition boosters, disease ameliorators, and alternative fuels. Most research in this…
Targeting Vineyard Management Practices to Combat Early Onset of Ripening Caused by Climate Change
Well, it probably won’t be this dramatic, but you never know! http://www.appellationamerica.com/images/ appellations/features/climate-change-top-310.jpg Regardless of what one believes caused global warming, be it through anthropogenic sources or simply a natural cycle, research shows and we should all agree that the…
Wine Expertise: Is there a development process? Or are some just born lucky?
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/ cartoonists/cgo/lowres/cgon62l.jpg To date, there have been countless studies examining the differences in performance and wine knowledge between so-called wine experts and wine novices. However, very little work has been done exploring the development of wine expertise, related to training…