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Week of |
Topics |
Notes |
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1 |
8/31 |
A: Terroir and the Idea of Wine
B: The Geography and Geology of Wine
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2 |
9/7 |
A: No class – Labor Day holiday
B: The Natural Idea of Wine: Wine in
the Vineyard |
Wine Identity due on Friday |
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3 |
9/14 |
A: The Business Idea of Wine
B: The Sense of Wine: Sensory Analysis
Workshop |
Terroir Tasting 9/16@ 7pm |
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4 |
9/21 |
A: Wine, Society and History: France vs
USA
B: Protecting Precious Terroir: the
Appellation system |
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5 |
9/28 |
A: Wine as a Controlled Substance
B: Exam #1 |
Exam #1 on Wednesday |
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6 |
10/5 |
A: Power and Taste: the Battle for the
Idea of Wine
B: Old World versus New: Mondovino I |
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7 |
10/12 |
A: Old World versus New: Mondovino II
B: Mondovino and the Battle for the
Idea of Wine |
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8 |
10/19 |
A: No class Monday / Winery Fieldtrip
on Tuesday
B: Two Ideas of Wine: Burgundy versus
Bordeaux |
B vs. B tasting 10/21 at 7pm
Midterm paper due on Friday |
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9 |
10/26 |
A: Two Ideas of Wine Reconsidered
B: Flying Winemakers |
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10 |
11/2 |
A: A Completely Different Idea of Wine:
Champagne
B: The Red Wine Paradox: Wine & Health |
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11 |
11/9 |
A: Waves of Wine Globalization
B: Exam #2 |
Exam #2 on Weds |
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12 |
11/16 |
A: Sideways: Wine in unlikely places
B: A Tale of Three Wine Markets
Special Guest Speaker
UPS grad
Tom Hedges,
Hedges Family Estates. |
Globalization Tasting 11/18 @ 7pm |
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13 |
11/23 |
A: McWine and the Two Buck Chuck
Effect
B: No class / Thanksgiving Travel Day |
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14 |
11/30 |
A: Power and Taste: Wine Critics
Reexamined
B: The Battle for the Idea of Wine: Oz
and James in France |
Final Paper “Elevator Speech” due on
Weds |
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15 |
12/7 |
A: The Battle for the Idea of Wine: Oz
and James in California
B: The Idea of Wine Reconsidered |
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16 |
12/14 |
Final paper due Weds 12/16 at 4pm. |
Final paper due on Weds |
