{"id":36234,"date":"2016-11-04T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=36234"},"modified":"2016-11-03T13:58:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:58:31","slug":"blend-your-own-favourite-wines-right-at-your-kitchen-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/blend-your-own-favourite-wines-right-at-your-kitchen-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Blend your own favourite wines right at your kitchen table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/science-and-technology\/21709491-how-get-wine-you-really-want-war-terroir?cid1=cust\/ednew\/n\/bl\/n\/2016113n\/owned\/n\/n\/nwl\/n\/n\/NA\/8027532\/n\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Economist<\/em><\/a>, a look at a very different kind of wine appliance:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Vinfusion-machine.jpg\" alt=\"vinfusion-machine\" width=\"290\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Vinfusion-machine.jpg 290w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Vinfusion-machine-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>To create a new wine the customer manipulates three sliders on a touch screen attached to the machine. One moves between the extremes of \u201clight\u201d and \u201cfull-bodied\u201d. A second runs from \u201csoft\u201d, via \u201cmellow\u201d to \u201cfiery\u201d. The third goes from \u201csweet\u201d to \u201cdry\u201d. No confusing descriptions like \u201cstrawberry notes with a nutty aftertaste\u201d are needed.<\/p>\n<p>The desired glass is then mixed from tanks of each of the four primaries, hidden inside the machine\u2019s plinth. The requisite quantities are pumped into a transparent cone-shaped mixing vessel on top of the plinth. Added air bubbles ensure a good, swirling mix and flashing light-emitting diodes give a suitably theatrical display.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionalists may be appalled by all this, but they should not be. In Mr Wimalaratne\u2019s mind, the function of the Vinfusion system is in principle little different from the blending of grape varieties that goes on in many vineyards, to produce wines more interesting than those based on a single variety. Moreover, if Vinfusion works as intended, it will let people experiment with oenological flavours in a way that is currently impossible and which lets them discover what appeals. A decent sommelier ought then to be able to recommend wines vinified in the conventional way that will taste similar.<\/p>\n<p>In the longer run, recording and collating the requests made to a group of Vinfusion machines might even help restaurants and bars stock bottles that people will like, rather than merely tolerate. And if all this happens, the snobbery and mystique surrounding wine\u2014whether blended in the vineyard or the restaurant\u2014may disappear for good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The selected &#8220;component&#8221; wines are chosen for their vintage-to-vintage consistency, so that there&#8217;s a lower variability in the wines used to blend your personal selection. This almost certainly wouldn&#8217;t work as well with wines from cool climate areas (like Ontario).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Economist, a look at a very different kind of wine appliance: To create a new wine the customer manipulates three sliders on a touch screen attached to the machine. One moves between the extremes of \u201clight\u201d and \u201cfull-bodied\u201d. A second runs from \u201csoft\u201d, via \u201cmellow\u201d to \u201cfiery\u201d. The third goes from \u201csweet\u201d to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,131],"tags":[174],"class_list":["post-36234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","category-wine","tag-innovation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-9qq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36237,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36234\/revisions\/36237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}