Wine Chemistry Workshop - Ashtabula, OH

Presenter - Dr. Barry Gump is the first holder of the Harvey R. Chaplin Eminent Scholar’s Chair in Beverage Management at Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. In this position he is developing new graduate and undergraduate beverage classes to expand the offerings of the Beverage Management curriculum. Dr. Gump is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Enology at California State University, Fresno. He has had a long association (over thirty years) with the wine industry, conducting research in analytical methodology applied to grapes, juices, and wines.

Schedule

8:00 – 8:15: Welcome and Overview of Chemistry Lab
8:15 – 11:15: Chemistry Session 1

• Malolactic Fermentation: Monitoring by Paper Chromotography
• Soluble Solids: Determination by Refractometry
• Soluble Solids: Sugar per Berry by Refractometry

11:15 – 12:15: Lunch (provided)
12:15 – 2:00: Chemistry Session 2

• Hydrogen Ion Concentration: pH Meter Measurement
• Titratable Acidity: Titrametric Procedure & Nitrogen: Estimate of YAN by Formal Titration
• Sugars: Reducing Sugars by Visual Rapid Estimation

2:00 – 2:15: Break
2:15 – 4:00: Continue with pH, TA, Brix, N2 discussions and titrations
4:00 – 5:00: Break
5:00 – 6:00: Dinner

Day 2

Day Two

7:45 – 8:00: Coffee
8:00 – 10:00: Chemistry Session 3

• Ethanol: Ebulliometric Analysis
• Sulfur Dioxide: Aeration/Oxidation
• Distillation and Titration Procedure

10:00 – 10:15: Break
10:15 – 11:30: Chemistry Session 4

• Sulfur Dioxide: Ripper
• Titration Procedure
• Acetic Acid: Steam Distillation of Volatile Acid Using Cash Still

Venue

Robert S. Morrison Hall
Kent State Ashtabula
3300 Lake Road West
Ashtabula, OH 44004

Lodging

Hampton Inn                                                                    

2900 G.H. Drive
Austinburg, Ohio 44010
440-275-2000

Holiday Inn                                                                        

1831 Austinburg Road
Austinburg, Ohio 44010
440-275-2020

Sleep Inn & Suites                                                          

9350 Center Road
Austinburg, Ohio 44010
440-275-6800

Lodge at Geneva on the Lake

4888 North Broadway
Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio 44041
440-466-7100 (“0”) - Front Desk

Registration

Click here to register and pay for the workshop.

Location: Robert S. Morrison Hall at Kent State Ashtabula, Ashtabula, OH 44041