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Learn why acid level is important in winemaking.  Learn why and how a winemaker changes acid levels, as well as deals with other things such as "pH" and tannins. 

Have you ever read tasting notes at a winery that said a particular wine is "3.5 pH" or that "it spent 5 days on the skins during fermentation" and wondered exactly what that meant?  Wonder no more!  Dr. Wade Wolfe of Thurston Wolfe Winery will share with attendees the different aspects of wine production, including those things a winemaker can do to control the overall acidity of wine and/or adjust the pH and tannin levels.  Guests will enjoy different wines from Thurston Wolfe, as well as some new wines that may still be in production to gain a better undertanding of wine chemistry - harvest willing!

Dr. Wolfe, along with his wife Rebecca Yeaman, started Thurston Wolfe Winery in 1987 in Prosser, WA.  Wade is a graduate of the University of California, Davis with a doctorate in viticulture and enology.