- No wine, equipment, printing or advance reading is required. The narrator explains the technical documents during the lesson.
Level 4 · Lesson 7
Blending, Clarification, and Stability
4:41C31
Before you press play
No shopping or worksheets required
The lesson explains the winery decisions and technical documents as you watch. These references are here to revisit, not homework you must finish first.
- After class, create three measured blends from two beverages at ninety-ten, seventy-thirty, and fifty-fifty. Compare balance and finish. Keep the liquids food-safe and treat the exercise as proportion training only.
- The complete lesson and quiz can be followed without alcohol.
Documents discussed in this lesson
Technical sheets and source material
- Ridge — 2023 Estate Chardonnay technical sheet (PDF)
- Ridge — 2023 Estate Chardonnay vintage and winemaking data
- Krug — The Art of Blending (producer process account)
- Krug — Individuality (producer process account)
Use the named wine, vintage and document section. Producer process accounts and research guidance are labeled separately from vintage technical sheets. A disclosed choice is evidence of a process, not a guaranteed flavour.
Ridge’s 74 ppm describes sulfur used over the course of ageing—not a measured total at bottling or a free or molecular sulfur result.