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Home Winemaking Workshop

September 28, 2023 by Jennifer Morganthaler

The home winemaking workshop was held on September 27th.  Dr. Karl Wilker, Professor of Enology and Distillation and Manager of the MSU Winery and Distillery along with Jeremy Emery, Cellar Technician presented the basic home winemaking techniques. After classroom instructions and lunch the group got to see a demonstration of the home winemaking equipment in action. Attendees … [Read more...] about Home Winemaking Workshop

Filed Under: Events, Grapes, wine, Workshops

Upcoming Distillation Workshop – May 2nd & 3rd

February 22, 2023 by Jennifer Morganthaler

Join us May 2nd & 3rd for a Distillation Workshop at the the Missouri State University Winery and Distillery at our Mountain Grove Campus. This workshop will be two full days of learning and fun.   Register at https://commerce.cashnet.com/MTNGROVE?ITEMCODE=MTNGROVE-32   Distillation Basics Workshop   MSU Distillery   You must be at least 21 … [Read more...] about Upcoming Distillation Workshop – May 2nd & 3rd

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Grape harvest and wine production update

September 27, 2018 by Marilyn Odneal

C. J. (left), Karl (Dr. Wilker), Tom and Avery are bottling Maroon Blend from 2017 to make room for the 2018 wine coming in.

Right now we have harvested most of the grapes and are waiting for Chambourcin and Norton to ripen. With all of the rain, we have been battling sour rot, but since we are hand harvesting with a good crew, we can remove rot from the clusters before the grapes are taken to the winery. The wine makers are busy making room for the new wines being made and bottling wine that has … [Read more...] about Grape harvest and wine production update

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Home wine making workshop held today

August 1, 2018 by Marilyn Odneal

The workshop begins with lecture and discussion with Todd Frye (left) and Dr. Karl Wilker.

We had our Home Wine Making Workshop today. Dr. Karl Wilker and Todd Frye of the Home Brewery in Ozark gave the presentations. C. J. Odneal, Jeremy Emery, Makayla Vandiver and Karly Negus helped with the hands-on demonstrations and tour.     … [Read more...] about Home wine making workshop held today

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Harvesting Mars grapes for the workshop tomorrow

July 31, 2018 by Marilyn Odneal

Karl Wilker (left) decided to harvest Mars grapes to use in the demonstrations tomorrow.

We harvested some Mars grapes for the Home Wine Making Workshop tomorrow to use in demonstrations of the stemmer crusher and pressing the juice.   … [Read more...] about Harvesting Mars grapes for the workshop tomorrow

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