#1a : Film Series: Program Questions in Scenes
week 1
The Rocks in Walla Walla with Geologist Kevin
I choses 0: 42 – 1:45 from the film called The Rocks in Walla Walla with Geologist Kevin.
During the scene in the film you can actually see not only the process but also the changes in colors in the pictures they showed during the scene. One other part of the film that grabbed my attention was a question the lady asked at 1:07 her tone sounded sharp and interested.
week 2
I’ve chosen minutes 1:22 to 2:36 (1-3 minutes) from the film The Wine Wars , which I’m titling understanding competition of wine in order to explore program question # 3: “what blueprint best enables you to articulate what and how you’re learning about your sense of taste of place in relation to rapid sensory evaluation , history , nature and culture .” I’ll call my audience’s attention to these particular components (things, people, words, music) of my scene: the wording and things used during the minutes I chose, in the beginning the tone was slow and setal and saying “ the new world” in the middle of the scene whenever they said “ new world “ the tone is intimidated and uses picking grapes like its like a race. They showed fast working grape picking and the grapes . I’ll share how this scene compelled my learning about how french wine history had challenges in order for my audience to also experience what I learned about french wine and the new world of wine industry .
#1b: (un)Natural Histories:
The St. James Winery was opened in 1970 by Jim and Pat Hofherr. In its first year of business, the winery produced over 8,000 US gallons (30,000 l) of wine or roughly 3,400 cases. Included was two of their wine types, Velvet Red and Velvet White. All four of the Hofherr children worked alongside their mother and father, helping to establish and grow the business.
The Hofherr sons, Andrew and John, reclaimed their spots in the family business in the late 1980s. Andrew returned in 1987 to manage the family vineyard after studying viticulture at the University of Arkansas. John spent his time of absence earning his winemaking degree from California State University, Fresno, and spending 5 years working for Jekel Winery in Monterey California. In 1988, John returned as head winemaker. Both of the brothers brought new updated viticulture and winemaking techniques to the winery, increasing quality and production.
After Jim Hofherr’s death in 1994, the second generation had taken over the reins of the winery. Another son, Peter, joined the team in 1995 as general manager, with a BS in microbiology and a Master’s in Business Administration.
In order to accommodate for the new growth of demand, the company underwent several major vineyard, cellar and warehouse expansions over the course of the late 1990s to early 2000s. Peter Hofherr left the winery yet again to join in the ranks of public service, eventually becoming Director of Agriculture for the state of Missouri. Andrew Meggit joined the winery team as assistant winemaker in 2002, but after John returned to California to pursue his own bottling line business, Andrew became the new head winemaker. Another newcomer, Dean Chalem, started in 2004 as the VP of sales and continues to manage the winery’s wholesaler network. In 2007, son Peter Hofherr returned to the family business as CEO of St. James Winery.
Awards
In 2009 the winery was named winery of the year in the eastern United States by the Critics Challenge International Wine Competition.[3]
In 2013, Andrew Meggitt was named 64 in a list of the Top 100 Influential U.S. Winemakers by IntoWine.com[4]
At the Los Angeles International Wine Competition, St. James Winery’s Friendship School White was given the honor of Best of Class, as well as a score of 97. [5]
I chose this unnatural history because I wanted to learn about my partners life including were he came from. My partners family and his town has so much history with wine.
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