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Week of |
Topics |
Notes |
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1 |
1/18 |
A: MLK Day -- No class.
B: Terroir and the Idea of Wine |
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2 |
1/25 |
A: The Geography and Geology of
Wine
B: The Natural Idea of Wine: Wine in
the Vineyard |
Wine Identity due on Friday |
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3 |
2/1 |
A: The Business Idea of Wine
B: Wine, Society and History: France vs
USA |
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4 |
2/8 |
A: Protecting Precious Terroir: the
Appellation system
B: The Sense of Wine: Sensory Analysis
Workshop |
Terroir Tasting 2/10 @ 7pm |
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5 |
2/15 |
A: Wine as a Controlled Substance
B: Exam #1 |
Exam #1 on Wednesday |
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6 |
2/22 |
A: Power and Taste: the Battle for the
Idea of Wine
B: Old World versus New: Mondovino I |
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7 |
3/1 |
A: Old World versus New: Mondovino II
B: Mondovino and the Battle for the
Idea of Wine |
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8 |
3/8 |
A: Two Ideas of Wine: Burgundy
versus Bordeaux
B: Two Ideas of Wine Reconsidered |
Midterm paper due on Friday
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Spring Break |
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9 |
3/22 |
A: Pitte and the Great Divide
B: Flying Winemakers |
B vs. B tasting 3/24 @ 7pm |
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10 |
3/29 |
A: A Completely Different Idea of Wine:
Champagne
B: The Red Wine Paradox: Wine & Health |
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11 |
4/5 |
A: Waves of Wine Globalization
B: Exam #2 |
Exam #2 on Weds |
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12 |
4/12 |
A: Sideways: Wine in unlikely places
B: Navigating the Wine Wall |
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13 |
4/19 |
A: Power and Taste: Wine Critics
Reexamined
B: McWine and the Two Buck Chuck
Effect |
Globalization Tasting 4/21 @ 7pm |
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14 |
4/26 |
A: A Tale of Three Wine Markets
B: Green wine and Blue
wine. |
Final Paper “Elevator Speech” due on
Monday |
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15 |
5/3 |
A: The Battle for the Idea of Wine: Oz
and James
B: The Idea of Wine Reconsidered |
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16 |
5/10 |
Final paper due in Prof. Veseth's
mailbox by Monday May 10, 2010 at 4pm. |
Final paper due on Monday |
