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- Alumni Profile: Randy Bellinger
- Brandt recharges batteries -- and students
- Doctoral students help find shuttle wreckage
- New department takes in 4-H, ag ed, ag comm
- New recipe for Food Science's future
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Winemaking, continued...
The Indy International...Indiana vintners rose to the top of worldclass winemaking, winning more than 178 medals at the Indy International Wine Competition this summer. The 12th annual competition drew 3,291 entries from 15 countries. There were 269 Indiana wines entered in the competition, 41 more than last year. The 2003 event was the third largest wine competition in the United States and the largest in the nation outside of California. Amateurs as well as commercial wineries competed, and the judges awarded trophies to amateur winemakers for everything from their homemade wines to their wine labels. For a list of all the 2003 winners, go to http://www.indianawines.org/awards/. |
That division of labor broke down last year, however, while Nakatsu was off-campus on sabbatical. “When Cindy left, we decided to break some of the sterilizing rules,” Haviarova says. For the first time, the group stomped grapes with their bare feet. “Peter was sure we would get a gold medal for that wine,” Haviarova says, “but we only got a bronze.”
“Foot stomping apparently added an element that was not appreciated by the judges at the Indy International,” Harkness quips. “Maybe Peter forgot to take his socks off.”
Foot-stomping aside, the group is serious about making good-tasting, quality wines. “I was not at all surprised when they won their first medal at the Indy International competition. I've had their wine, and I know they make good wines. Their goal is to win a gold at the Indy competition,” Harkness says.
Beyond winemaking, Cherry Lane Cellars is all about a group of people gathering together to enjoy one another's company. As Hirst explains, “The atmosphere of working together as a team of friends is just a blast — that's why we do this.”
Contact Hirst at hirst@hort.purdue.edu
Contact Haviarova at haviarov@purdue.edu
Contact Nakatsu at cnakatsu@purdue.edu
Contact Harkness at harkness@purdue.edu