New
York State Home Wine CommitteeSeminar:
The 2012 Seminar was absolutely excellent, ask anyone who was there, including the speakers.
The seminar
next year is Saturday, August 3, 2013. We will have another great schedule of
presentations. Please remember that our speakers come to us at their own
expense and are not paid for their efforts, so when you can, please support
them.
We are well on the way to bringing you another excellent seminar so do plan on attending.
Ed Lavin will be at the seminar this year.
Here is who we have lined up for 2013:
Ed Lavin of the New York State
Agricultural
Experiment Station (part of Cornell University) will present "Analyzing
Wine: the Devils (and Angels!) are in the details". Ed presented a
talk on
Wine Odors in 2006. That was a most informative presentation that
was
very well received. For those of you
who don't know Ed, then the following should help.
Research support professional in the Food Science Dept. at the Cornell University NYS Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) specializing in the mass spectrometry and olfactometric analysis of foods and beverages.
Research: co-author on 25 publications related to food and flavor analysis.
Through Cornell provides contract analyses for many of the world’s largest food and beverage companies.
A regular panelist evaluating wines for the Enology and grape breeding programs at Cornell.
Finals Wine judge at the NY
State Fair
A home winemaker specializing in making potable wines using left over grapes from the Cornell breeding program.
In addition to Cornell
duties, since 1995 chief field engineer
for Datu Inc. of Geneva NY, a Cornell
spinoff business that markets flavor and
aroma analysis systems worldwide.
NYSAES - Cornell University Employee of the
Year 1997
Daniel Pambianchi
will be speaking on "Tannins and Anthocyanins: Behaviors and Impacts in Wine". If you
don't know about Mr. Pambianchi, then here is a bit about him.
Being Italian, Daniel grew up in a culture of food and wine, where wine
is
always part of a meal. At an early age, he enjoyed helping his father
make
wine at home, and was always fascinated by what seemed magic of it all
at
the time. Perhaps that's why he chose a path of learning pure and
applied
sciences. Speaking of magic, here's a little-known fact about Daniel:
he
performed as a semi-professional magician for over 20 years,
delighting kids
and all audiences with his dexterity and humor.
Daniel received his B. Eng. degree from McGill University in 1983, where he
specialized in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has held various
positions in his 20-year career in the telecom business, from product
development to managing R&D teams, to launching network solutions that are
part of today's communications networks.
Daniel's interest in wine continued as he resumed making wine at home while
sharpening his winemaking knowledge and skills. He wanted to share his
knowledge and experience, and in 1999 he published the first edition of his
well-known book "Techniques in Home Winemaking." His book quickly became a
best-seller and is currently in its third edition. He also published two
other books: "Kit Winemaking" and the general interest book "Wine Myths,
Facts and Snobberies."
But in 2003, Daniel wanted to pursue his dream of running a commercial
winery. In 2004, he acquired Maleta Winery (www.MaletaWinery.com) in
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario where he now makes award-winning wines from his
15-acre vineyard planted to vinifera varieties. His true passion, he admits,
is sparkling wine: he enjoys making it, drinking it, talking about it, and
writing about it, usually sharing it in good company with Italian food. And
he is adamant about the best sparkling wines being crafted using the
traditional method. In fact, if you visit his operation, the entire
traditional method process is done by hand, including riddling, disgorging,
and corking.
Daniel may be familiar to many of you. He has been a regular author for
WineMaker magazine (www.WineMakerMag.com) since 2000 and serves as Technical
Editor, and he also runs a small wine analysis lab for home winemakers
(www.TechniquesInHomeWinemaking.com).
Currently, Daniel is working on two other book projects: Wine Chemistry, and
Wine Microbiology.
As you can see
Daniel is eminently qualified to speak to us on "Tannins and Anthocyanins: Behaviors and Impacts in Wine".
Remember if
you don't come, then you can't ask questions. We will be allowing
more than sufficient time for your questions. We know that your
questions make any presentation that much better, for everyone.
As we confirm our
speaker and they provide us with a biography or a "Curriculum Vitae" it
will be shown here. Do come back to see who we have speaking at
our seminar this year.
Here is a list of speakers for 2012:
Daniel Pambianchi
will be speaking on "Understanding and Managing Acids and pH: How to
Sharpen Taste, Maintain
Balance and Ensure Microbial Stability in Your Wines". If you
don't know about Mr. Pambianchi, then here is a bit about him.
Being Italian, Daniel grew up in a culture of food and wine, where wine
is
always part of a meal. At an early age, he enjoyed helping his father
make
wine at home, and was always fascinated by what seemed magic of it all
at
the time. Perhaps that's why he chose a path of learning pure and
applied
sciences. Speaking of magic, here's a little-known fact about Daniel:
he
performed as a semi-professional magician for over 20 years,
delighting kids
and all audiences with his dexterity and humor.
Daniel received his B. Eng. degree from McGill University in 1983, where he
specialized in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has held various
positions in his 20-year career in the telecom business, from product
development to managing R&D teams, to launching network solutions that are
part of today's communications networks.
Daniel's interest in wine continued as he resumed making wine at home while
sharpening his winemaking knowledge and skills. He wanted to share his
knowledge and experience, and in 1999 he published the first edition of his
well-known book "Techniques in Home Winemaking." His book quickly became a
best-seller and is currently in its third edition. He also published two
other books: "Kit Winemaking" and the general interest book "Wine Myths,
Facts and Snobberies."
But in 2003, Daniel wanted to pursue his dream of running a commercial
winery. In 2004, he acquired Maleta Winery (www.MaletaWinery.com) in
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario where he now makes award-winning wines from his
15-acre vineyard planted to vinifera varieties. His true passion, he admits,
is sparkling wine: he enjoys making it, drinking it, talking about it, and
writing about it, usually sharing it in good company with Italian food. And
he is adamant about the best sparkling wines being crafted using the
traditional method. In fact, if you visit his operation, the entire
traditional method process is done by hand, including riddling, disgorging,
and corking.
Daniel may be familiar to many of you. He has been a regular author for
WineMaker magazine (www.WineMakerMag.com) since 2000 and serves as Technical
Editor, and he also runs a small wine analysis lab for home winemakers
(www.TechniquesInHomeWinemaking.com).
Currently, Daniel is working on two other book projects: Wine Chemistry, and
Wine Microbiology.
As you can see
Daniel is eminently qualified to speak to us on "Understanding and
Managing Acids and pH: How to Sharpen Taste, Maintain
Balance and Ensure Microbial Stability in Your Wines".
Remember if
you don't come, then you can't ask questions. We will be allowing
more than sufficient time for your questions. We know that your
questions make any presentation that much better, for everyone.
Upon leaving high school, Jonathan spent a brief stint studying Anthropology at Mercyhurst College before finding the world of Oenology and Viticulture. In an effort to find an education in this field that translated well to the surrounding geology and climate of the family farm, Jonathan chose to study in Ontario, Canada, at Niagara College. While studying, Jonathan also managed the newly planted vineyards of the family farm and concurrently spent a harvest working for renowned winemaker Brian Schmidt, at Vineland Estates Winery.
In early 2008 Jonathan finished school and came back to the family business full time, just as Leonard Oakes Estate Winery was beginning. In the few short years that the Oakes winery has been in existence they have seen expansive growth from 600 to 8000 cases just this last year. Fueling that growth have been numerous awards for their Rieslings, Chardonnays, Icewines and Ciders. Leonard Oakes Estate Winery has also quickly become known for their unique, award winning versions of hybrid varieties that are relatively new to the marketplace.
Jonathan currently holds the titles
Grape-grower and Winemaker for Leonard Oakes Estate Winery and Winemaker for
Schulze Vineyards and Winery. He also
runs his own consulting business Artisan Wine Solutions, which works within the
Niagara USA wine region.
Melissa Aellen is a student at Cornell University in Viticulture and Enology. This summer she is working as an extension intern for Chris Gerling and Anna Katherine Mansfield. Her family owns Lingnore Winecellars, the largest winery in Maryland, where she has worked since age 7. She has worked with her father, the winemaker, in the cellar since she was 12. Last summer she worked at Galena Cellars in Illinois. While in her junior year she worked harvest at Sheldrake Point Winery with Dave Breeden. This past January she spent three weeks in Napa at a custom crush winery called Bin to Bottle.
PDF’s:
Presentations from previous seminars are available on the Seminar page. These presentations have been converted to Portable Document Format (.pdf) format, which can be viewed with Adobe Reader, which is available free of charge. In the past, some of the presentations were Power Point files, but not everyone has the Power Point program, so the format was changed to PDF. Presentations from this year’s seminar will be added after the seminar has been held, when the presentations become available.
Website:
One of the areas we would like to expand in the website is to other winemaking clubs. On the "Links" page there is a link to the Rochester Area Home Winemakers Club, and we would like to add links to more club websites. Even if a home winemaking club does NOT have a website, then it could have a listing there, but no link, of course. Just have a club officer send the information to: webmaster@nys-homewine.info
Vintage:
By definition, the vintage of a wine is the year in which the fruit, generally grapes, is HARVESTED. This is how ALL vintages are determined. Not the year the wine is made or bottled. If wine is made from a kit, and the vintage is not stated on the packaging or the wine is a blend of vintages, then it is a non-vintage wine. That is not a fault or problem, in any competition, but it should be labeled N/V.
What's the rush?
One of the things we have found in winemaking is to not rush the process.
Don't hurry to finish a wine just to make a competition deadline. You
will get a better product, if everything happens in its own time.
E-Mail Addresses:
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We will send you reminders about the seminar. That should be not be more
than once a month and at least twice a year. If you have any questions,
then please send an e-mail to webmaster@nys-homewine.info.