Comments on: Using Science to Pick Grapes http://winexpression.com/2006/09/12/using-science-to-pick-grapes/ Ratings, News, and more on Wine & Spirits since August 2003 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:38:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jatemack http://winexpression.com/2006/09/12/using-science-to-pick-grapes/#comment-4654 jatemack Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:06:08 +0000 http://winexpression.com/2006/09/12/using-science-to-pick-grapes/#comment-4654 Sondra, Thanks for the comments. There will never be a substitute for the winemaker, but those high yield winerieswill take all the help they can get. Sondra,

Thanks for the comments. There will never be a substitute for the winemaker, but those high yield winerieswill take all the help they can get.

]]> By: Sondra http://winexpression.com/2006/09/12/using-science-to-pick-grapes/#comment-4598 Sondra Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:58:54 +0000 http://winexpression.com/2006/09/12/using-science-to-pick-grapes/#comment-4598 Thanks for your very informative site, beyond wine ratings. What concerns me about increasing technology for determining grape maturity and wine quality is it will become like medicine, reductionist. After all it is the way the components fit together in a holistic experience not simply the individual pieces. An interesting experiment would be to compare the wise winemaker and the machine - an impossible task but much more fun. I worked the 2004 harvest and it was most exciting to see how my palate got educatated to pick up nuances of maturity, beyond sugar, and now to taste the wines made from what my 'immature' tastabilities were able to detct. The experts know how to do it a lot better. Thanks for your very informative site, beyond wine ratings. What concerns me about increasing technology for determining grape maturity and wine quality is it will become like medicine, reductionist. After all it is the way the components fit together in a holistic experience not simply the individual pieces. An interesting experiment would be to compare the wise winemaker and the machine - an impossible task but much more fun. I worked the 2004 harvest and it was most exciting to see how my palate got educatated to pick up nuances of maturity, beyond sugar, and now to taste the wines made from what my ‘immature’ tastabilities were able to detct. The experts know how to do it a lot better.

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