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Business success and businesses' beauty capital
AbstractWe examine whether a difference in pay for beauty is supported by different productivity of people according to looks. Using a sample of advertising firms, we find that those firms with better-looking executives have higher revenues and faster growth than do otherwise identical firms whose executives are not so good-looking. The impact on revenue far exceeds the likely effect of beauty on the executives' wages. This suggests that their beauty creates firm-specific investments, in the form of improved relationships within work groups, the returns to which are shared by the firm and the executive.
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Volume (Year): 67 (2000)
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- Ciska M. Bosman & Gerard Pfann & Jeff E. Biddle & Daniel S. Hamermesh, 1997. "Business Success and Businesses' Beauty Capital," NBER Working Papers 6083, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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"Stick to your own knitting" Open ThreadPosted by: | Comments
In a letter to the News & Observer, Karen Lewis slams North Carolina House Majority Leader Paul "Skip" Stam for condescending and sexist remarks about June Atkinson, the superintendent of public instruction for North Carolina.
Atkinson said private schools funded under the new voucher program should be evaluated using the same tests as public schools so parents can compare apples to apples. "The public needs a consistent measure of reading achievement in particular," Atkinson said. New legislation allows private schools to select which national tests to us and allows some to opt out of reporting results.
Stam suggested that Atkinson "stick to her own knitting."
Lewis responds:
Setting aside for the moment the appallingly condescending and sexist rhetoric Stam chose, I propose that he do the same thing he calls on Atkinson to do. Voters elected him and his cohorts to create jobs and restore economic prosperity to North Carolina, but they've instead rolled back personal freedoms, voting rights, access to medical care and, yes, funding of the very public schools Atkinson has been elected to lead.
Moral Monday Hits the Road: Thousands Protest in AshevillePosted by: | Comments
With the North Carolina state legislature in recess, Moral Mondays – the Forward Together Movement – began a march across the state, starting in Asheville on August 5 with the largest protest yet. The crowd "well exceeded" the 5,000 the Asheville police department had prepared for, with early police estimates to 10,000.
"You can't do wrong in Raleigh and then hide back home," said NC NAACP president the Rev. William Barber. Firing up the crowd as he has in Raleigh, Barber condemned the actions of the state legislature as "constitutionally inconsistent, morally indefensible and economically insane." Barber and other speakers called out local and state legislators by name, some of whom were in the crowd.
"From the mountains to the coast, we're sick of this mess," Barber declared. "This is no momentary hyperventilation or liberal screaming match; this is a movement. We have a governor that has decided to be on the wrong side of history. We have a legislature that is bragging and boasting about its power and is legislating on the basis of lies and discrimination. Though they have temporary power, the future does not belong to them."
Barber and other speakers addressed education, labor, LGBT rights and a bill seizing the local water system. Asheville local, Heather Rayburn, spoke surrounded with a group of other civil disobedience protestors arrested in Raleigh. Keeping with the moral theme, Rayburn reminded the crowd, "This group of jailbirds and I believe in the Golden Rule. That we should treat people the way we would want to be treated. And politicians should live by the Golden rule too."
(Cross-posted from Crooks and Liars.)
Assault On Public EducationPosted by: | Comments
What have I been telling you?
"Public Education is the heart of democracy" http://goingpublic.org/documentary
Going Public explores the privatization of public education, who's profiting… and why now?
We're currently raising funds to finish production. If you'd like to get involved or donate, please visit: http://goingpublic.org/documentary
This is what the GOP in Raleigh has in store for North Carolina's schools.
It's an assault on the very idea of public education branded as "reform" because "profit" — the truth — wouldn't sell. Because like Benedict Arnold multinationals, some of these "patriots" object to paying taxes that don't redound to their personal and corporate coffers.
Besides, how much education do waiters and gardeners really need anyway?
Moral MondayPosted by: | Comments
Growing numbers of people are gathering on Mondays in Raleigh to voice their strong support for the things that keep our society and economy ticking – Education, Health Care, and Voting Rights among them. The weekly gatherings are called Moral Mondays. Supporters have gathered outside and inside, and many have been arrested for refusing to end their peaceful occupation of public buildings. NC Policy Watch has a statistical list up today regarding the NC Senate budget. Excerpt:
Thousands and thousands – Number of low-income, pregnant women who will be kicked off of the state Medicaid plan and forced into the private insurance market under the Senate budget plan ("Senate budget plan kicks pregnant women off of Medicaid," The Progressive Pulse, May 23, 2013)
25 – Years since former Republican Governor Jim Martin helped launch a major statewide effort to reduce North Carolina's infant mortality rate (which was then highest in the nation) by expanding eligibility to Medicaid for low-income pregnant women (Ibid)
185% of the federal poverty level (or about $20,000 per year for a single person) – Income eligibility threshold for Medicaid health insurance for pregnant women that was ultimately enacted as part of that successful effort (Ibid)
From 13 per 1,000 to 7.2 per 1,000 – Amount infant mortality rate has fallen in North Carolina during that period (Tom Vitaglione, Senior Fellow for Health and Safety at Action for Children N.C)
133% of the federal poverty level (or about $15,000 per year for a single person) – Income threshold under the budget adopted by the North Carolina Senate (The Progressive Pulse, May 23, 2013)
It's this kind of thing that has prompted the Moral Monday demonstrations that have grown week after week. Below you'll find a video with lots of excerpts from previous events. There's a big demonstration scheduled for today.
NC Senate Budget ProposalPosted by: | Comments
Use this thread for all things budgety. The proposed Senate Budget does not include any tax reform details. Rumor has it that the poor and middle class will be paying more under the coming tax shift, while big corporations and the wealthiest pay less. Keep that context in mind as you read all of the spin. Also bear in mind that education and health care are two of the primary pathways out of poverty and for staying in the middle class. The Legislature will deal with raising taxes on the poor a little further down the road. Here are some bulleted budget points from various sources.
– Senate leaders released a $20.6 billion budget Sunday night
– overall education spending dropping when compared to the current year.
– paves the way for an effort to privatize [Medicaid], something the governor is already studying.
– Among the other proposed changes the Senate budget would make to Medicaid and health services are:
— cuts covered doctor visits on Medicaid from 22 per year to 10.
— raises co-pays for services.
— cuts private nursing services by $5 million.
— cuts mental health drugs by $5 million.
— cuts aids drug assistance by 25 percent, or $2 million. The budget also contains a provisions that would direct the state prisons to seek to use ADAP funding to pay for HIV drugs for those in the state prison system.
— closes the state's three alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers, saving $37 million. In turn, the budget sets aside $10 million to pay for drug treatment services provided through regional mental health care agencies.
– includes a controversial provision that would require applicants for certain welfare programs to undergo drug testing.
– remove class-size caps for elementary school grades.
Tax Shift NCPosted by: | Comments
Y'all know that your North Carolina state government is about to lower taxes for the wealthy and big corporate interests while raising taxes for the poor and middle class, right? They're also going to privatize Medicaid, which will reduce services for the poor. They're also slashing child care - 31,000 kids are expected to be cut. They're also doing away with environmental protections. They're also savaging voting rights. Both the Senate and House versions of the budget are a move towards regressive taxation and underfunded services.
More info to come, but know that the folks at the General Assembly are about to send you the bill for their ALEC ambitions. North Carolina is their new laboratory, and we're the lab rats.
The MathPosted by: | Comments
F to the N.C. House for moving to continuing to move to tighten eligibility rules for N.C. Pre-K, the state's free program for at-risk 4-year-olds. House Bill 935 changes the definition of "at-risk'' children eligible for the program to families of three making about $39,000 a year down to $19,000. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanley, said, "Eligibility is up here, and funding is down here. We're making an effort to bring this eligibility down to something we can fund."
Currently about 60,000 children are eligible under the definition, a number that could drop to 31,000. At the same time, the House was also moving on a proposal to end North Carolina's estate tax, which sent $50 million to state coffers last year. Only 23 families paid the tax. Twenty-three families vs. 29,000 kids. The math does not reflect well on this legislature.
Unmaking the American Century VII: Disquiet on the North Carolina FrontPosted by: | Comments
During the post-September 11 panic, the radical right-wing pundits like Mark Steyn peddled fears that Muslims with their high birthrate might overrun western civilization and forcibly convert America to Islam. Now that they've gained the upper hand in the North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA), radical right legislators (and their oligarch backers) are determined to forcibly convert state property and services purchased with public money into private profit. (Remember Russia?) For a quick buck, carpetbagging worshipers of the Golden Calf are flexing their muscles in Raleigh to demolish what North Carolinians built over the last half century.
For all their contempt for "the 47 percent" and "makers and takers" framing, Michael Lind explains that rent-seeking monopolists in the private sector are the real parasites:
In today's rentier-friendly conservative ideology, somebody who makes payday loans at usurious interest rates, gouges businesses with high insurance rates, or gets paid tolls from a privatized toll road is as much a "maker" and an "entrepreneur" and a "capitalist" as someone who puts together a team of inventors, engineers, workers and investors to apply 3-D printing to printing replacement body parts. All money-making enterprises are supposed to be equally productive and socially useful, for no other reason than they make somebody rich.
Let me tell you how it will be — BANKMAN!!Posted by: | Comments
Suze Orman discusses student debt at the Remaking America Panel recorded January 12, 2012.
(Cuz I got nothin'.)
[h/t Upworthy]
Asheville City School Board CandidatesPosted by: | Comments
Casey Blake at the Asheville Citizen-Times did a great job going through the candidates for Asheville's City School Board. That article is here. This is an amazingly accomplished set of candidates. Any of them would do an excellent job, but it's up to City Council to select those candidates who will be the right people at this time. Go have a look, and please let me know your thoughts.
The process is this: Anyone could apply up until the deadline last month. Thirteen people did. City Council composed five essay questions, and eleven of the candidates responded. Council members are reviewing the essay responses, and we will each choose five candidates to interview. School Board Member Peggy Dalman gets an automatic interview as she is applying for a second term, and at least five others will be interviewed based on which candidates receive the most nods from Council members. School Board candidate interviews will take place Tuesday, March 12 from 10am-Noon in Council Chambers in City Hall. That night we'll vote on who ought to occupy the three available seats.


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But London might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny village on the Yorkshire coast, where Gideon Smith whiles away his days fishing on his father's clockwork gearship and dreaming of the adventure promised him by the lurid tales of Captain Lucian Trigger, the Hero of the Empire, as presented in Gideon's favourite 'penny dreadful' periodical, World Marvels & Wonders.
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When the Barclays Center opened up in Brooklyn before last season, it was expected to be the mecca of entertainment for modern day events. Jay Z opened up the arena with a sold out concert, and it would host everything from the NBA Draft, to boxing events. Well, according to the Wall Street Journal–via Nets Daily–it isn't the juggernaut it was supposed to be:
Eliot Brown of the Journal writes that the arena will produce about $26 million in operating income in its first year, 2/3rds of the $76 million projected … and less than what the arena has to pay out to its bondholders.
Forest City Enterprises which owns 55 percent of the arena operating company attributes the shortfall to the opening costs, "to make a big splash in the first year, investing heavily in marketing, customer service and securing top acts," writes Brown. Indeed, the arena has been the nation's top grossing venue for concerts and family shows through the first three quarters of year one … and second in the world.
I'm sure it will take some time to really get it built up, but the Nets should sell out every game. This really doesn't mean much, but you may see a more concerted effort to get events in the Barclays Center soon.
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August 21, 2014
Joining the Crowd – Have No Choice Moscato what do you mean you don't make it?
It just so happens and I have known this for a very long time Lanza Vineyards produce a wonderful Muscat Canelli Grape Juice processed including DE Filtering in buckets for Winemakers. Yes call me a sellout. Call me a Winemaker jumping on the latest trend. Call me losing my bearings. (balls by another name) But don't call me Stupid. Miss Virginia wants Moscato well then I make Moscato. There are many benefits to do so. (Heh heh) And unfortunately it will not be a dry one either. As she said when I brought up that subject. Who drinks a dry Moscato? I was at a loss for an answer. I mused and offered ….. my Grandmother? That look nah, Nice try but that wouldn't fly. So we are on to the mission to make a Moscato less then dry. Which brings up the first problem.
How Sweet is Sweet. Since Miss Virginia is the deciding factor as she is in so many areas, I figure I will let her taste a few commercial ones and decide which one she likes best then use the Clinitest to figure out the level of Sugar. Is this a good Idea? Look before you get all jiggly I don't make freekin sweet wine. OK? So is this a way to determine sugar or do I really have to send this S**T to a lab to figure it out? You should be able to tell by now I am not exactly thrilled with this ASSIGNMENT. One one thing good about this is she doesn't read this blog. She thinks I am too offensive. Come on give I guy a break. I'll make you the (Damm) lovely fruity perfumey Moscato DEAR!
Ok your thoughts on that. Now on to procedure
ML Bacteria lives and thrives everywhere in my winery. Considering I am going to have to use Sorbate, my thinking is immediately after going dry when racking off the lees and using lysozyme at the same time as well. Then I want to use some reserve frozen juice and bentonite and PVPP for the winter months.
So the amount of Juice to reserve????? This is a measly 25 gallon batch. Thank God! The procedure ? Your thoughts………
Well I can't be sure of the headline but the truth is we have known for years that the Lanza Family of Wooden Valley Suisun have been growing and harvesting the finest Petite Sirah we have ever made. And it is no secret they have won some very prestigious awards with these grapes in the hands of Rick Lanza. I guess Mr. Wagner was paying attention since his plans for the area include for starters a 100.000 square foot facility. The focus? Petite Sirah. Will Suisun become the Capital of Petite Sirah in California? Mr. Wagner seems to think so. I think you will enjoy reading about his extensive plans including moving half of his Napa Staff to Suisun. 2016 Caymus Special Selection Petite Sirah hmmm. Do you think we can make one to top it? Remember in 2007, we were all asking where the heck is Suisun?
Oh yeah I almost forgot Gallo is joining Caymus in Suisun too.
Repeating a Wonderful 2011 GSM Wine in 2014
I received the great news that Frank Musto President of the M&M Wine Grape Company has secured for us our long sought after Amador Grand Pere Vineyard Grenache Noir. This sets the stage for a repeat of the 2011 GSM. In 2011 I was the only one who made this wine. The others were either saying "What's a GSM" or I want more Cabernet Sauvignon. As it turned out they were sorry for not making it but on the bright side they have learned their lesson and now are All In for 2014.
In 2011 I used the following percentages Grenache 20 boxes 67% Mourvedre 3 boxes 10% Syrah 7 boxes 23% This added up to 30 boxes and after crushing I did a 10% saignee. I like to believe the saignee made a big difference in the final result. The Rose was less impressive as I sent it through MLF mistakenly and back sweetened it instead of reserving. I also drew it off too soon, 6 hours probably should have let it go 12-18. Anyone have advice on that I am listening. In the end I did correct the color so it resembled a typical light pink French Rose.
As I have been thinking about this year it occurs to me since so many Guys are wanting this wine what would we do with all the saignee? My next thought is not to saignee at all. Instead raise the percentage of Mourvedre 15% , the Syrah to 30% and reduce the Grenache Noir to 55%. Is this going to work? Is this going to produce the lovely 2011 wine once again? I don't know. And it bothers me. So….
Another thought is to do a 10% saignee and have all the guys making it take home some Rose. They will have to increase the amounts of wine they want but we will have duplicated 2011. The problem I see here is if a Person is making 20 gallons they will receive 2 gallons of saignee. so what are they going to do with that. Unless guys can share a carboy amongst themselves. For a guy making a 30 gallon barrel they will need to get 35 gallons of wine and 3.5 gallons of saignee.
I wait to hear your advice to these questions and ways to proceed.
Transitioning from Kits to Grapes
Advice for the Kit Maker…. Buy Grapes. Anyone want to add to this feel free.
Anyone trying to figure what this is all about well, Another bunch of defensive Kit Makers get their panties in a bunch elsewhere. So if you are capable of making wine from grapes for no good reason then you are a bunch of wimps and you shouldn't consider yourself winemakers. I don't even if you Zest and have cornered the market on Raisins. Not to burst your bubble even if Winemaker Magazine tells you are, you're not.
Foot note http://www.winepress.us/forums/index.php?/topic/55672-comparing-kits-wines-to-commercial-wines/
Making Wine with Grapes in Poor Condition
While most of us are pretty lucky to have the M&M Grape Company as our supplier of quality fruit, there is always the possibility that harvest conditions beyond their control could have Winemakers having to deal with less than perfect fruit. In fact we are so spoiled we probably forgot what we learned years ago when dealing with some pretty horrible fruit on a regular basis from suppliers in the Tri State Area. In any case here is a nice article if you need to brush up on the subject. I am hoping we don't have to deal with it but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.
Research identifies yeast strain that metabolizes sulfur efficiently and with little or no leakage of hydrogen sulfide
Wine Business Monthly (click on the link to view) has an interesting article about "Research identifies yeast strain that metabolizes sulfur efficiently and with little or no leakage of hydrogen sulfide", a lot of the info dealing with avoiding H2S has already been discussed here.
The article discusses "The Best Practices for Reducing H2S Development" and goes on to say "Levels of H2S where the rotten egg smell is pronounced may render a wine unsuitable for commercial use. Remedial actions, such as aeration to blow off this volatile compound and fining with copper, where the sulfide binds with the reactive copper to form insoluble copper sulfide, nearly always, when successful, result in somewhat diminished wine quality. The potential for the H2S to re-form at some future time, particularly under reduced conditions, e.g., in the bottle, is also a troubling scenario for winemakers.
With the popularity of the ever more ubiquitous screw cap, the problem of reductive H2S formation in the bottle has become more prevalent."
What I found most interesting is that one winemaker commented that the non-H2S producing yeast produced wines that were "magical" in the elimination of H2S, she also commented that they "lacked complexity" and were "completely clean, straightforward."
I don't know if the yeast mentioned in the article is available to the home wine maker yet, but my question would be when do you know to use this yeast?
Normally, by the time you smell the "rotten egg" smell, fermentation is well under way, maybe I'm missing something.
The article also mentions that "With the popularity of the ever more ubiquitous screw cap, the problem of
reductive H2S formation in the bottle has become more prevalent", I thought that wineries were converting over to screw caps because they were better for the wine?
With the 2014 fall wine season just around the corner, I'm interested in what everyone has to say.
Hello all, I hope every ones summer is going well.
Going into my third season making wine I am challenged with a growing supply of wine, where to put it all and how to control its environment. Having grown out of the corner of the laundry room and wanting to keep the misses happy I examined my situation and arrived at the following conclusions:
I needed to create a "room" that would allow both cooling and heating for my fermentation and post fermentation storage. That room needed a bench to work on, ventilation and ease of access to move wine in and out. A place for all the "tools" needed for the wine… WAIT… I need a new house.
I can't repeat what my wife said to that suggestion.
The next best thing I came up with was a space in the back of my garage where my current workbench is. The space I decided to use measured out about 12 feet wide from wall to wall. So I set about thinking how I should design this closet. Initially I was going to build a two or three shelf vertical closet based on some drawings and blogs I have read. Then, at the suggestion of a fellow wine maker I decided to go low profile and wide with a sliding partition to separate cool from warm. The partition would allow me to adjust the size of each side of the box during the different stages of fermentation and storage. When I am not fermenting any wine at all I can remove the partition completely – if necessary. Pull off front doors on each half would allow me to slide carboys and roll barrels in and out with out breaking my back trying to lift them on and off shelves.
I designed a long bench type box with pull out front face doors. Its interior measures 110 inches wide by 40 inches tall by 38 inches deep. I used 2-inch thick foam board wrapped with a silver thermal liner used in attic insulation jobs that I had left over from my attic. The insulation was built inside a 2×4 wood frame construction. For the bench support I used 2×6 12-foot stringers. The bench top was given a 2-inch lip to allow for the attachment of the wine bottler.
On the cool side I installed a 600 cubic foot wine refrigeration unit I purchased from Gene on the left side of the box that will provide cool storage.
If I split the box down the middle, it gives me space to secondary MLF two 15-gallon carboys and nine 5-gallon carboys. I plan on transitioning to the 15-gallon carboys as time and money allows. That will allow me to ferment more wine and keep a much smaller footprint.
When all of fermentation is complete I can leave the fermentation door off and use the normal temperature inside my garage for cold stabilization.
Here are the pictures of the box in various stages of the build. They uploaded back wards, the top ones are the finished build.
The idea of getting Frozen Grapes actually Grapes destemmed and crushed has some excellent advantages However all may not be the perfect picture you might imagine. There are pitfalls as well. Let's talk about the advantages. Probably the best one is being able to get grapes to a location where fresh grapes are not available. The second is for a winemaker who has a logistic or timing problem where he cannot take delivery for fresh grapes or he cares to do a co-ferment and all the fresh grapes do not arrive at the same time or he wants to make wine at another time during the year. Having Frozen Must also eliminates the need to do a cold soak if that is the winemakers's choice. In addition one of the best advantages is getting Super Quality Vineyard Specific Grapes from distributors like Peter Brehm is the grapes are processed the same day as harvested.
Now for the negatives. Not to be paranoid but I like my crusher completely sanitized before crushing my grapes. A Crusher used for many hours even days not in my control makes me worry. I know Frankie Juice and M&M Grape takes care of this so it is one worry I don't need to have. I like to see my grapes and evaluate them again Frankie Juice at M&M Grape takes pictures and gives me a verbal analysis besides performing the typical post crush testing. Adding SO2 before the grapes are frozen is within parameters as to not interfere with ML:F is another concern one should have. The last concern I have when the grapes are in the hands of the distributor is how fast and good is the refrigeration to freeze the grapes as quickly as possible limiting bacterial growth.
Now on the other end of the supply chain when the winemaker receives the Frozen Must he must be prepared for at least the following. There is going to be a long span of time before you get to the end of lag phase. Getting the Must up to temperature is not not a simple task when you have a half ton of slush sitting in a vat. Another thing due the the freezing and thawing process be aware if you had any idea of a whole berry or semi whole berry crush fogetaboutit. You will have basically Ugly Mash. And Mash does not allow you to control tannin extraction especially if you a fermenting a high tannic grape nor does it allow you evaluate as much as you would a Fresh Grape Must.
Other issues are obvious it is expensive to ship frozen Must based on the per gallon of wine produced from a pail besides the cost of handling the grapes and for freezing. But it does offer for the Amateur the opportunity to make world class wine otherwise not possible. And that is all that matters.
Before Seth goes off the hinges I thought we could have a reasonable discussion on the issue of Wine Competitions which merge Real Wine with Kit Wine. Make no mistake I know that is an inflammatory statement and headline but it is my ball and if you want to play you have to deal with it. One thing it will create an expanded readership which happens to be one of my goals. After all maybe those reading should consider us the National Enquirer and not USA Today. (Which the former happens to be more accurate lately) Anyway I really don't have much to add to the subject other than to learn some intricacies Zac can provide. If you yearn for inflammatory posts and need an adrenalin rush then search "competitions" in the search box of this blog.
Take it away Zac
Working with high Brix grapes
The drought conditions and heat wave in California this season may have pushed harvest up about 3 weeks in some areas, reports of smaller crops have some winemakers concerned, smaller crops usually mean higher prices.
After hearing about potential higher brix grapes several times, including Gene posting about it (I figure that Gene has the inside scoop on grapes), it has me thinking…
How will I work with high brix grapes?
I would think that high brix would be considered 28+ Brix, last fall I didn't have any issues working with Sangiovese that came in at just over 26 brix, as a matter of fact, I didn't do anything differently.
With grapes that could potentially come in at 28 Brix or higher, (this is just a number I'm using since no one really thought that 26 brix was pushing the envelope too far, this is hypothetical) I think that the three most likely methods of working with such grapes would be: Ferment at the higher brix , Saignee , or Dilution.
All three methods can pose their own problems –
Fermenting a High Brix must – All of the research that I've done online has been focusing on healthy fermentations, everything that we all normally do, using a hydration nutrient, selecting a yeast that has a higher alcohol tolerate, hydrating the yeast at proper temps, tempering the yeast prior to pitching, using a proper yeast nutrient and additions, and adding oxygen,
I realize that none of this is new or earth shattering, but I wanted to emphasize this to make a point that all of the advice given here is spot on and no different than the recommendations given from the experts at Scott labs and Lallemand.
A big issue would be getting a wine with such high Brix through MLF, assuming that we are dealing with 28 Brix, at 15% ABV or higher, it would be pushing the limits of the Alcohol tolerance for most strains.
Saignee – Although I've never done this, I can only imagine that after removing a percentage of the wine and adding water to lower the Brix (I assume it would be acidulated water depending on the ), that the biggest concern would be diluting the concentration of acids and overall flavors.
Depending on how much it would be diluted, selecting a MLB with a higher alcohol tolerance would be necessary.
Dilution – Again, I can imagine that the only disadvantage of diluting the must in order to lower the Brix would be diluting the concentration of acids and overall flavors.
Once again, depending on how much it would be diluted, selecting a MLB with a higher alcohol tolerance would be necessary.
I'm interested in hearing your experiences, how would deal with, or how you have dealt with high brix grapes, what were the advantages and disadvantages.
Sourcing Wine Grapes in the Northeast 2014
Every year we start off the season with this piece. While it is still early I can report to my fellow winemakers we are in very good shape for the upcoming season. Of course we could have weather setbacks but if all continues as is we can count on the following things. First off Lanza grapes as most others will be in early and all at once like last year. I am told we can expect even better quality from Lanza as the crop load is less than last year which translates into better ripening. One should also consider higher Brix levels as a distinct possibility.
The sources of our Napa grapes remain the same as last year . With the possible additions of Merlot and Pinot Noir from Los Carnaros. I hope it comes to fruition as all of really have enjoyed these 2 varietals from that AVA.
From Alexander Valley there will be the Steward Ranch Cab Sav we made in 2011. Everyone is very pleased how this wine developed so we have the opportunity to go there again this year. But another amazing surprise is in the making from Sonoma from a very old and prestigious vineyard. I am pinching myself hoping this happens.
For a first time Lanza Vineyards will have 2 new varietals this year including Petite Verdot and Mourvedre.
When I speak again to Frank Musto of the M&M Grape Company I will update this page and report all the latest information on the upcoming season. So far it looks like it is going to be a doozie! I wish I could reveal more but I cannot publish it here at this time. Stay tuned
I was reading Winemakingtalk .com for inspiration and oddly enough I found some in a thread discussing fermentation temperatures. The discussion centering around what grape would do best at a certain fermentation temperature. I know the expression " Nobody is talking about the Elephant in the Room" but this thread was more like a room full of Elephants and the people in the room were trying to get to the other side without even acknowledging any of the Elephants. After reading and biting my tongue a few times I decide to go to the blog and use our search engine to see what we had on the subject.
The Search Results brought up numerous posts going back to 2010 on the subject but while the subject of fermentation temperatures are mentioned and discussed relating to a specific issue there is no stand-alone piece on the subject. So in the interest of providing as much information on fermentation temperature in one place I think it will be a good idea if we have this conversation in depth.
I know there will be many responses and I also know this topic is multi-faceted and loaded with various techniques and styles. So to begin before we all go off in the weeds let's at least begin with some basic standard information that we all agree on. After we exhaust these then we can get in to the nuances and esoteric stuff if it suits you.
I will begin with the following:
Red wines
To lock in good color and extraction one should try to get a heat spike of 85 degrees somewhere between 18 and 12 brix.
To avoid residual sugar you are better off fermenting over 80 degrees than below.
You have a better chance of blowing off H2S above 80 degrees than below.
You are better off reducing vegetal character over 80 degrees if grapes are not as ripe as they should be.
White Wines
As a general rule White Grapes benefit from low fermenting temperatures as low as 65 degrees in some cases. However it is not uncommon for whites to be fermented in the 80's.
Most yeasts can ferment at temperatures will over the stated temperatures on the product sheet for the specific yeast.
Well I suppose this is a good start for the conversation at least it recognizes the Elephants.
Malolactic Fermentation and high SO2 wines
Are the SO2 tolerances accurate or is VP41 just that good?
First a little back story:
At the risk of being laughed off the blog, I'll admit it, I bought Chilean grapes from our friends at M&M, the Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Cabernet Franc were beautiful, free of any major rot, all coming in at 23-24 brix, while the Merlot wasn't as nice, much more rot, but with a little help, we were able to discard as much rot as we found.
I tested the PH, TA and SO2 with my Vinemetrica SC-300 using fresh solutions, and again, even though I've read about the high SO2 levels that you've run into in the past, I really didn't think that the SO2 levels would be off the chart, I didn't have to add more than 3 or 4 drops of the titrant before the SC-300 started to beep like crazy indicating that the test was complete. Using the formula to calculate the ppl (or mg/l), this must was registering at 100 ppm or more!
I had no issues fermenting after a cold soak, but I still was very concerned at the upcoming MLF. After the alcoholic fermentation and pressing was complete, I tested the 3 separate batches of wine again getting the exact same results, to be honest, I didn't think that MLF had a chance, Lalvin lists the SO2 tolerances for VP41 as SO2 tolerance : up to 60 mg/L total SO2.
I decided to use 1/2 gram of MLB per carboy in an attempt to compensate for the high level of SO2, I hydrated with Act-ML and added Opti'Malo to the carboys and hoped for the best. I was a bit shocked when I checked on the carboys the next morning, not only had MLF started, (on all except for the Malbec) it is one of the most active MLF that I've seen. I pitched another small dose of VP41 into the Malbec and it started as well.
So again, is " SO2 tolerance : up to 60 mg/L total SO2" a tolerance level with a little wiggle room in it, or is VP41 just that good? My guess is a little bit of both, but I've been using VP41 on all of my reds and haven't had any issues so far.
Any thoughts?
Malolatic Fermentation Before Alcohol Fermentation. No Sulfites too! Who Says?
Chr. Hansen claims its new wine culture is a 'fantastic launch' that will greatly increase the speed and predictability of malolactic fermentation and remove the need for producers to use sulfites as preservatives
You think you have everything figured out and then someone comes along a upsets the Apple Cart. So now we have a new advancement. Does it apply to us? Not sure but I have some serious questions? With no SO2 how does one keep juice from fermenting for 10 days? And at what temperature does one perform this MLF. Can you trust the competition the ML Bacteria provides? Lots of questions but probably the most interesting development in winemaking procedure in a long time.
Just a side note I never like Chr Hansen Oenococcus Oeni have not used it since Alpha arrived many moons ago. Slow as shit. Always. Just Say'in


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PRINCE WILLIAM and KATE MIDDLETON have received some very unusual swag during the holidays. Because what else would you give the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, that fabulous royal couple who seem to have everything?
And so over the holidays, including some of the late gifts that came trickling in after the New Year, William and his Catherine received a gamut of everything that ranged from some very practically British gifts of a sleeping bag, cufflinks, a flying helmet, an address book, and a ballpoint pen, to the extraordinary…a papier-mâché doll, caribou antler snow goggles, and a jar of Vegemite…
It seemed like the Duchess was a very popular figure last year because most of the presents were addressed to her. Some of the gifts included goodwill tokens gifted the couple during their extensive tour of their British Royal Empire overseas last year - Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as former colony, the United States.
And these included a tartan waistcoat, a knitted prayer shawl, a brown ash basket, a framed Canadian stamp, a peacock feather fascinator, a tartan fascinator, wooden heart box with charm bracelet, two polar bear lapel badges, rag and porcelain dolls, a hand painted scarf, two mosquito traps, leather-bound invitation to Parks Canada, two chef's jackets, wooden humidor, children's drawings, bottle of icewine, three red hockey jerseys (duh), Aboriginal bronze, cowboy hats, a framed facsimile of the First Treaty of the First Nations of Canada…and a dog toy.
Wait…what? Aren't Will and Kate petless?
But the list doesn't end there. The royal couple also received: A teddy bear (aww), iPad (sweet!), newspaper clippings from the Chicago Daily Sun & Times, a framed film still, a selection of medals, an apron, carved and inscribed building fragments from Christchurch earthquake, a block of jade, cricket hacket, Akubra hat, commemorative coins, and Aboriginal craftwork.
And the nation that presented the least presents? Why the former British colony of the U.S., of course. Apparently, Americans are long on hospitality but short on gifts. Who would have known?
Wonder what William and Kate are planning to do with all the curious and extraordinary swag they received over the holidays…
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Every time it rains, water rises to the curb at an apartment complex in south Dallas.
Residents at the complex on Pine and Hector streets said the nasty water will sometimes remain for several days. They've complained to the city and their landlord, but nothing's been done to fix the problem.
"The only way we can cross the street is if we go way down the block to cross the street. If we can't go to our little corner store we have to walk all the way to the light. That's not right," said Pamela Pratt.
Tenants feared the water would attract mosquitos and water-borne disease. And, they believed it contained raw sewage. However, the city of Dallas said it is only rain water.
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Spotify has long argued that it isn't killing music sales, but is rather reducing piracy — and the company now has some numbers to back that claim up: This week, Spotify published a report that shows that piracy in the Netherlands has gone down just as Spotify has become more popular in the country.
The report is authored by Spotify's director of economics Will Page, who joined the company last fall and previously worked as a well-respected economist for the British collecting society PRS for Music (hat tip to TorrentFreak).
Spotify launched in the Netherlands in 2010. Check out how music piracy has changed in the country over the last few years, and compare that to other types of piracy:
What's more, Page was able to highlight how artists who have their music on Spotify see significantly less piracy — and as a result actually more record sales — than artists who don't distribute their music over the service. One Direction is one example of a band embracing Spotify. Check out the chart below, visualizing how the band's music did on Spotify, BitTorrent and traditional distribution when it released its album Take Me Home in the Netherlands in 2012:
Now compare that to Rhianna, whose album Unapologetic was released one week later, but didn't appear on Spotify for a couple of weeks:
The report goes on to compare piracy levels in the Netherlands with Italy, where piracy is still much more pervasive. Spotify only launched in Italy this year, and Page's take is that the company could have a similar effect on piracy there as it had in the Netherlands. However, income levels in Italy are also much lower, and going down:
It remains to be seen whether Spotify can really fight piracy everywhere, or only in places where people can actually afford to pay for music.
Source: paidContent (by Janko Roettgers)
Here's where the war on piracy gets really complicated. Because for all the 'just embrace it' advice from the tech community, it seems that shutting down massive piracy hubs actually improves digital sales. You need an attractive carrot…
…and a giant stick as well. It was true for song downloads following the shutdown of Limewire, and now, there are statistics backing the Megaupload shutdown, as well. "The shutdown of Megaupload caused a statistically significant increase in digital sales," Carnegie Mellon professor of information technology and market Michael Smith recently told an audience last week at the Digital Book World Conference in New York.
According to details from MediaBistro, Smith analyzed and compared countries with varying degrees of Megaupload penetration (low, medium, high). And after crunching the numbers he determined the following result:
"It does suggest that when you look at competing with free, using anti-piracy measures to make piracy less attractive does work," Smith said. Perhaps the more important questions are how long the effect lasts, and whether it was worth the effort. Limewire took years and millions of dollars to shut down (and let's not even get into the costs of the Megaupload takedown).
And sometimes, shutting down one massive piracy hub merely creates a void for another to fill. In the case of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom is now filling that void himself.
Source: Digital Music News
NEWS: Music Pirates Buy 30% More Music than Non-Pirates
It's not what you would expect from file-sharers, a.k.a. "music pirates," but apparently according to American Assembly, those who share files illegally buy 30% more music than those who don't share music. At first glance, it's pretty surprising to think those who break the law and steal music pay more for music than those who don't steal, but it makes more sense upon further review.
People who file-share in large amounts are passionate about their music, but also share a libertarian psychology. They don't think music needs to be controlled by anyone, and it should be free for all to listen to. However, it's more surprising that people who don't regularly download and share illegally also don't buy music as much. So those who don't consume or buy as much, probably aren't as passionate. If these non-passionate music fans were more interested, they'd probably illegally download than purchase, right? So maybe this study says less about music fans as a whole and more about what drives music piracy; passion.
Of course, we already knew this. Music pirates get a bad rap and what they do is technically illegal, it's easy to forget they're not bad people and simply can't help tapping into the loopholes of the web. They love their music, and it's the environment that's to blame.However, it's an awkward position for artists who connect with their fans, since a huge chunk of a diehard fan base probably doesn't give any of their money to that band.
DEBATE: Will We Ever Return to the Days Before Mass Piracy?
The most entrenched cynics will say "Ha! Um. No."
Most would argue the culture of piracy is too deeply interwoven into music culture today. Sound point. However, a lot has changed with music consumption as of late. Streaming has rivaled downloads, illegal and legal, and this is the key detail that might eat away at piracy. Unfortunately, streaming is still slow to find fair royalty rates with labels and musicians.
When there are so many easy cheap/free streaming outlets, music pirates aren't as incentivized as they used to be. With the massive growth of streaming services and time for the culture to heal itself and embrace them, music consumers could be programmed to limit the piracy.
In the end, it's hard to imagine any form of technology stopping piracy. It's a floodgate that can only be reduced in size, but not sealed altogether. Music tech gurus don't bother trying to stop it, but find ways to adapt and work around it. No, we won't return to the days before piracy, but hopefully someday, culture will embrace a compromise that makes most sense to them and the musicians making the music.
Big Four Labels Hire Students to Seek Out Piracy Sites
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What is going on here? Why are there more news stories about artists supporting piracy brands like with Kanye West and Swiss Beatz buddying up with MegaUpload? Now, dubstep DJ Pretty Lights is signing on with BitTorrent! Granted, Pretty Lights is notorious for being anti-music industry, but this is a bit cannibalistic.
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Reed Macey, a junior at Manchester Central, sets up and aims his team's robot during the FIRST Robotics Granite State Regional Competition, held at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester on Saturday. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
The C.H.A.O.S. team, which won last year's regional, captured the regional chairman's award, which honors a team that "best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST." It also earned an invite to the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, Mo., next month.
The competition's winning alliance was made up of teams from Maine, New York and Canada. The event drew thousands of spectators to the Verizon Wireless Arena to watch robots try to score points firing flying discs.
Teams from Manchester, Concord and Nashua made the quarterfinals, but the Milford Area Youth Homeschoolers Enriching Minds team was the only Granite State squad to make the semifinals.
Mechanical failures short circuited some local teams' hopes.
Senior Brittany Lacy from Nashua said a broken switch cut power to another robot in her alliance, hurting the group's scoring and defense.
And Central team member Jamison Couture said a fellow team's robot couldn't load the discs because "their shooter deck got stuck in place."
The Central senior's wardrobe reflected his robotics team's colors - one orange soccer sock and one green one.
At least that was cooler than the eagle costume worn by Isaac Tracy, the mascot for the Standish, Maine, team. By the finals, he had shed the costume's body.
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Duct tape ruled, or more precisely the Duct Tape Dragons from South Portland, Maine.
Team member Josh Sikora donned a vest made out of orange and blue duct tape to match the team colors. "If you can duck it, chuck it," read the back.
Sikora, part of the winning alliance, said capturing the championship was one of the most intense feelings he ever experienced.
"I'm probably going to wear (the vest) for the rest of my life," Sikora said. "I'll never take it off."
The other winning teams hailed from Massena, N.Y., and Toronto, Canada.
Brenda Rand of Litchfield sat in the stands, waiting to see if Campbell High's team would be called to fill in for a faltering robot in the final rounds. Her son, Joshua, was on the team while her husband, James, served as the lead mentor.
Rand said students not involved in the competition marvel at the robotic team's work when they see the robot at school.
"It's hip to be square," she said. "It's the geek squad. It's cool."
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They should make it conditional on Ukraine adopting European standards and European models of governance Ukraine will never be a free independent state as long as it remains a Presidential Autocracy. Ukraine needs to adopt a full parliamentary model and the Euro as its economic unit as did Latvia and Estonia. Europe needs to draft a model; constitution that prospective and existing states should use to bring their constitution in line. Any state that does not conform to the constitutional standards should be prohibited from joining the EU. Existing states should be given 20 years to reform their constitutions also brining them in line with a common goal and common standard.
Ukraine would be well served if it adopted a west minister system of government where government is determined by a majority of the legislators. Ukraine should also adopt a system of the common law as the basis for its judicial system.
Suggested and otherwise, the imperialism behind the use of some words is evident.
You don't have to be "European" to be in the EU.
Ukraine have no other appeal to the west but a sex tourism state. The orange DERMOcraps did that, being US paid quislings.
During the orange mafia rule their xoxol diaspora cronies profited in sex slave trafficking and pimping of cheap Ukraine girls, while the children prostitution and alcoholism skyrocketed in the orange Ukraine.
The EU being US marionettes did not talk much about the orange mafia state blatant disregard of the basic human rights of the Ukraine children.
Now the the US lead the World into economy crash and the EU is suffering the consequences of their US masters being BROKE, they look for other markets to dump their crap, but the ASIA economy superpower competition drives the EU into the poor house much what is going with their US masters.
The EU is up to its neck into the financial problems that plague the Eurozone. They barely can cope with the Greece impact and far worse is comming - the Spain economy tatters and Spain is far large economy compared to Greece. Italy credid ratings got down the drain. Not to mention Ireland and Portugal.
In view of the developing financial crisis The EU will think twice before accepting yet another parasite underdeveloped economy like the Ukraine one.
There are far better candidates like Israel and Turkey who wait for EU membership for decades, so Ukraine shall forget about any kind of EU association in the nearest 100 years. LOL :D
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The truth hurts, hence the incohesive orange whine.
I only state the facts about the the impact of the orange marauders upon the Ukraine. It had nothing to do with any kind of TRUE democracy but with US-paid DERMOcrapy, heh, heh, heh :D
Orange Ukraine == US banana republic.
The current state of the EU is well publicized. Spain is next, then Italy with their $1.3 TRILLION debt.
The US debt is worse than all the thurdworlders combined. Beggars, pure and simple.
Um.. its pretty well known that the human trafficking racket is run out of moscow and tel-a-viv,.. and that its most active in Eastern Ukraine,.. along with the AIDS epidemic and just about any other degrading sub-human artifact of the soviet plague... like you.
Not like the "virtuous" pro-Bandera kooks in Galicia and Volhynia.
You really are a complete idiot, aren't you? You spout off about geo-political situations as if you know what you're talking about, but the reality is that that you know nothing. Your only agenda is to discredit any democratic movements in Ukraine-a country you want to see colonized by Moscow again. Climb back under your rock.
Sure beats your pebble brained idiocy.
LOL "There are far better candidates like Israel and Turkey who wait for EU membership for decades". You say this and you really expect people to believe you? Please do not be shocked by this information:
First of all perhaps you should know Israel is not on the European continent. Neither of course is the vast majority of Turkey, but you should know that as Turkey becomes more authoritarian, it becomes even less likely to be a candidate for the EU. Turkey has more journalists in prison than any other country at the moment. At that rate it will never become a member. Countries like Turkey make Ukraine look promising.
Ukraine will enter the EU without Yanukovych. He is finished.
Funny you say that. It's the EU that looks finished. There is no way the E.U. could accept Ukraine as a member now. The EU has problems up the ass now. Look at Greece.
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