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Author: Cindy Lambert

Before The Cork Was Popped On A New Release At Cal Poly

Before The Cork Was Popped On A New Release At Cal Poly

Posted by | Jan 23, 2024 | |

The Central Coast of California has an abundance of award-winning wineries and vineyards and provides opportunities for real-world experiences for students of Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo to research viticulture and winemaking on the Fountain vineyard on the Cal Poly campus, and to seek internships at local vineyards and winery. Research and intern. The students also have the newest state of the art facility in the United States on campus. In the Fall of 2020, a new JUSTIN AND J. LOHR Center for Wine and Viticulture opened on the Cal Poly campus. The Center “includes a state-of-the-art, 5,000-case bonded 15,600-square-foot Winery,” according to the department’s website and includes barrel rooms, a bottling room, a fermentation hall, and a research lab.

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An International Hit: The Successful American Platform Scale

An International Hit: The Successful American Platform Scale

Posted by | Jan 23, 2024 | |

Each grapevine will produce about 10 pounds of grapes. It has always been important to know what the yield is from the vineyards. Weighing the grapes is essential also because grapes sell today for thousands per ton. More grapes are being shipped through interstate commerce. Commercial sales are under the jurisdiction of the government, and there are a host of rules and regulations. There are legalities of being “commercially compliant.”

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