News about wine making and wine appreciation by our Deaf fellows and friends, news not about people
Editor: Rusty Wales, the vintner of Prince of Wales wines
Webmaster: Bobby Skedsmo, the creator of the Estate of Skedsmo wines
Wine Quotation:
"Where there is wine, there is fun!"
All Wine Lovers say that!
(This saying is the the pun for the old saying, "where there is a will, there is a way". If a host
provides enough wine in his/her party, the chance of having fun would improve!)
This is a great example of our Deaf friends having fun with wine in last year's Deaf StompFest
(2012 in Riverside, California).
Editor Rusty's Rap:Drink Red Wine for Better Hearing,
That is what the article says so in Readers Digest (Sept. 2013, "Your Amazing Body")! We have
learned that red wine is good for our hearts. Now we are learning that red wine is also good for
our hearing. believe it or not! Dr. Michael Seidman, an expert in hearing science, discovered
through many experiments with rats that red wine helps fight hearing loss from old age and other
hearing damage from noise. He suggests drinking a glass of red wine daily in order to get the
benefit for better hearing health. Interesting, indeed! Almost daily for decades I drink red wine
but I am still stone deaf! It is because I was born deaf to begin my Earth life. This advice from
Dr Seidman is for those who become deaf or hard of hearing later in their lives.
Enjoy the cartoon that depicts a lab feeding wine to rats!
Wine Choices of 2013: See Sunset Magazine, October 2013
There are so many medalists, too long to list here. However, I'd like to bring a few wineries to
your attention and they always hit the mark (still great on a constant basis). Two of them are
Chateau Ste. Michelle ad Barnard Griffin, both from Washington State. Worthy of your money
when drinking at home and save other best, expensive wine for a party!
Wine Making: Bottling Malbec (Imported Grape Juice from Mendoza, Argentina)
Setting up equipment, sanitizing everything before starting winemaking
Pouring unfermented Malbec wine juice that has been imported from Argentina
Checking the specific gravity to make sure there's enough Brix (natural sweetness)
Ensuring warm temperature in the juice (72-75 degrees F), then adding yeast to kick off fermentation
Discussing next four steps that would take 6-7 weeks...noting the airlock (top of the lid)
which starts bubbling, like a heartbeat!
At the end of 7 weeks, bottling time!
News in the Deaf Community: Deaf StompFest 2013 in Pacific Northwest: Huge Success!
Ice-breaking activity at Total Wine Superstore classroom, introducing everybody
Participants in attendance preparing for wine tasting
Social/lunch time at Rusty Grape Vineyard (I do not own that place!)
Reviewing rules for stomping contest
After the action of stomping, Rusty presents the first-place prize to the winners,
Krissy Walker and Becky Engel, as stomping co-chairpeople,
Teresa Finnigan and Mark Long look on.
Wine tour on the next day, visiting 3 wineries, having great fun!
Announcement: Wine 201 party may take place at Sun City Grand, Surprise near Phoenix in
February 2014. More information will be coming in the Winter edition. Promoted by the Sun City Grand Deaf Retirement Community
