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I have started this blog for two reasons. The first purpose was to document my experimental probe/s which I am doing within the research for my final MA year project (Future design at Prague College). The second purpose was to share the data with a "potential" community DIY urban winemakers who (I hope) will help me to break some wine taboos by questioning the current viewpoint of winemaking from supermarket (table) grapes.
During my research, I tried to answer questions like: Why is winemaking undervalued compared to other DIY practices like urban beer brewing or bread fermentation? The fact is that wine grapes are not available all year long (like malted barley for beer) but could supermarket grapes compensate for them? What are the low-cost and facile solutions for such craftsmanship? Can winemaking adapt to the city thus become the new urban trend?
I will keep updating this blog with my findings. There will be some useful information about how to start, what tools you will need, fermentation monitoring, and basics of wine chemistry (enology). If anyone wants to join me and accept this challenge, please share your experience/recipes/guides or contact me for questions!
In short:
And just in case you don't know what the name of this blog means: *must = grape juice before or during fermentation
During my research, I tried to answer questions like: Why is winemaking undervalued compared to other DIY practices like urban beer brewing or bread fermentation? The fact is that wine grapes are not available all year long (like malted barley for beer) but could supermarket grapes compensate for them? What are the low-cost and facile solutions for such craftsmanship? Can winemaking adapt to the city thus become the new urban trend?
I will keep updating this blog with my findings. There will be some useful information about how to start, what tools you will need, fermentation monitoring, and basics of wine chemistry (enology). If anyone wants to join me and accept this challenge, please share your experience/recipes/guides or contact me for questions!
In short:
- What: Low-cost DIY/DIWO winemaking from supermarket (table) grapes
- Who: Anyone who wants to learn, experiment, and share their processes of home/urban winemaking
- Against: Mass production and wine standardization
- How: Utilising IoT's and DIY collaborative methods
- Goal: Building community of citizen science/DIY winemakers and breaking wine taboos!
And just in case you don't know what the name of this blog means: *must = grape juice before or during fermentation
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