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Fermentations
To launch our company newsletter, the company asked for me to write a short column about my hobby – winemaking. Nearly everyone who knows me is aware that I am seriously into wine – grape growing, winemaking and wine tasting. The City of Scottsdale learned about my hobby and engaged me to teach evening classes on winemaking and wine etiquette several times a year.People who focus on growing grapes are called viticulturalists. People who focus on winemaking are called oenologists. We have a small vineyard here in Scottsdale, Arizona, where we grow our own grapes. We also have a wine cellar where we make our own wine.
People who grow their own grapes and make wine from them are called Vignerons. That is why you see the term "Vigneron" after our names on our wine labels. We currently grow 10 varieties of grapes to make wines and buy additional grape juice from California to bring our total production up to about 400 bottles per year. I try to visit Hunter Valley in Australia each spring to learn more from my winemaker friends there. It will be fun to write a small paragraph or two each newsletter about wine for those who are interested.
In my professional life, I am the manager of IQ Services reseller business. My duty is to educate the resellers and their customers as to the benefits of end-to-end load testing their complex communications solutions.
- Chuck Blethen, Vigneron in Residence, Black Mountain Oasis Vineyard, Scottsdale, AZ
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