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Bench Grafts: Pinotblogger wine links

Ahem.
ALCOHOL ABUSE IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH
Now that that’s out of the way, on to the links.

Yeast and sugar may be the answer to cheap power in Africa. Our mighty wine soldiers have so many fun uses.

According to the inventor, Dr. Cedrick Ngalande, this multi-chambered hamster wheel yeast spinner has the potential to “generate power [...]

HOW TO: Make A Picture Frame Out of a Wine Glass

Photojojo has a kinda cool tip for turning your wine glasses into creative picture frames up on their blog.
This could be an interesting project to undertake for a party where you somehow had a picture of every attendee available - and had the patience to make these ahead of time. If done right though [...]

More on Winery Sanitation

So, as promised, here are the results of a survey of 8 wineries and their sanitation levels presented by Dr. Worobo at a seminar last week. (Click picture to enlarge)

The main takeaway is that no winery is perfect. Floors and drains are the most likely places to find bugs. Bung holes also tend to be [...]

Wash Your Bung Hole! - Winery Sanitation Seminar

Yesterday I drove down the road to attend a 2 hour winery sanitation seminar put on at Rodney Strong winery by Vinquiry. It was pretty informative and I thought I’d share the main takeaways here for anyone interested in keeping their cellar a bit more clean.
And just so I don’t keep you in suspense, the [...]

Upcoming Speaking and Radio Stuff

Just a quick note that I’ll be out in Ukiah on Thursday for a PR conference put on by the Mendocino Winegrape and Wine Commision. I’ll be talking about blogging and PR/Branding for (shudder) about an hour. Hopefully everyone won’t be glassy-eyed and drooling by the time I’m done.
I’m told there’s wireless, so part [...]