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Tag: Jim Harbertson

Rootstock vs Own-rooted, Taste Washington, Auction of Washington Wines, Wine Cruise

Can Washington Growers Use Rootstocks and Maintain Fruit and Wine Quality? Almost all wine grapes grown in Washington are grown on their own roots. That’s…

Science in Paradise, Upcoming Events, Wine Cruise

Doing Science in a Phenolic Paradise “My main interest is in the kinetics and extraction patterns of phenolics during the maceration process of red winemaking,”…

Tannins, Critics, Cold, Scholarships, Cruise

New Research Busts Tannin Additions Myth, Sparks Trans-Pacific Collaboration If you’re using tannin additions in your red winemaking process, you may well be wasting your…

The Business of Hedonism, New Videos, Chateau Ste. Michelle

The Business and Science of Hedonism by Brian Charles Clark DeLille Cellars’ master winemaker, Chris Upchurch, recently told a visiting group of WSU viticulture and…

Virus Fighters, Research Vineyard, Wine Tasting, Auction

Iraq War Vet Comes Home to Wine Country “The U.S. Army is a 200-plus-year-old organization,” said WSU viticulture and enology student Andrew Schultz. “They know…

Research Winery, Cougs in Industry

WSU Opens Research Winery Top: Ringer (L) and Harbertson designed the new research winery in order to address questions of concern to the Washington wine…

Tantalyzing Tannis, Puget Sound AVA

Tantalyzing Tannins Enologist James Harbertson and his colleagues have set a new standard for tannin analysis in wine. Read Harbertson et al.’s paper in the…

Winemaking Workshop, Research Newsletter, Expect Perfect Pairings

Winemaking Using Maritime Grapes Kerry Ringer, WSU Extension enologist and assistant professor of food science, leads a basic winemaking workshop in Mount Vernon on June…

Westside Winemaking, Farmscaping, Partnership

Basic Winemaking Using Maritime Grapes Upcoming workshop teaches participants basic winemaking using westside Washington grapes. If you are a westside winemaker, in the early phases…