Just wondering Joe if you're familiar with UC Davis and their continuing education extension courses on winemaking.
"Whether you're interested in a career in the wine industry or are just a devoted oenophile, you can take this unique course from anywhere in the world. Access top-quality, college-level course material in an interactive, web-based environment and gain exposure to an internationally recognized program and instructors, including industry experts and UC Davis faculty. Designed for individuals working in the wine industry and affiliated networks, as well as wine enthusiasts this course explores such topics as the history of wine, fundamentals of the winemaking process, wine and health issues, basic wine tasting, interpreting a wine label and wine-growing regions around the world. This course can be taken as a stand-alone course or as the first course in the Winemaking Certificate Program."
https://cpe.ucdavis.edu/course/introduction-wine-and-winemaking
Looks nice!
I think this is the beauty of the Internet, insofar as information is so widely available, and the application of the idea that no one really cares what you're credentials are so long as you can produce. I have no real credentials in photography, but people pay me more then most with do to shoot buildings for a living. To be honest, I gained a good portion of those skills from forums, conversations and cheap classes.
I joined a wine making forum months ago and leaned so much from just asking questions. Hopefully it is now beyond knowing just enough to hang myself, but, if not, next season will come.
Hey, to be honest though, making wine is much easier then blending and rolling cigars, which I have learned a fair amount about.
