Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Classes...

So, I'm still crossing my fingers about adding the Literature of the New Testament class. I'll be back to the class tomorrow and hopefully he'll let me add.
In the other two classes that I've had so far(I've got two new classes Friday), my Microbiology professor had us buy "iclicker" remotes. Basically in class polling systems. Great. Another thing to buy that I won't get money back for, cause I'm just going to let Coleman use mine, hopefully that works. I had to register the remote online, so we'll see.
I've already spent almost 8 hours in the winery this week. Monday was sorting Syrah and Tempranillo. I left after the Syrah was sorted, because it was 7:30, and class technically ends at 7. Today we were doing clean up work, because there wasn't a shipment coming in today. Between 30 people, we did pump overs(pumping red wine from the bottom of the tank to the top of the same tank so the cap(layer of grape skins) will be broken up to maximize the surface area of the skin to juice contact. We also racked a tank of Viognier(moved it from one tank to another, making sure there's little contact with any skin or other solids. We punched down the Syrah in macrobins(1/2 ton plastic tubs), this is done for the same reason as pump overs. Some people put together the starter yeast, which made the lab smell like bread. And some of us measured the pH, Titratable Acidity, and Brix of the Viognier; then we measured the Brix and Balling of all the wine and juice in the winery. I was doing more of the science today, which might be something I could do when I graduate, working in a wine lab that is.
Anyways I should finish reading and go to bed, I have work at 7am, then class til 7pm. Gotta love the busy days!

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