Has anyone seen this?
http://www.oenodev.c.../SMART_BUNG.pdf
Its a tool design for tracking of barrel ulage during aging. I talked about it with some winemakers and they showed interest but I couldnt get an answer from the company and It seems that no online retailer carries it.
Oenodev Smart Bung
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, Aug 15 2012 04:07 PM
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Posted 15 August 2012 - 04:07 PM
My advice may or may not be backed by actually personal expirience and should be treated as such. 
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Posted 15 August 2012 - 05:38 PM
I never knew I needed such a tool 
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Posted 16 August 2012 - 06:06 AM
for us amateurs , I've never met a home winemaker who didn't open and look or taste a barrel so often these would be redundant.
Above all relax , it's winemaking ,it's not supposed to be stressfull . It's not sky diving.
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Posted 16 August 2012 - 07:45 AM
This is not for me but for a 30+ barrels winery.
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Posted 16 August 2012 - 07:49 AM
i would think doing an so2 test and adjustment every 3 months would also drive top ups .
those are pretty cool , but I've never seen one in a winery , even visiting wolf blas in australia with its thousands of barrels .
winemaker magazine had a set of instructions on building an electric one that used a battery and a small led . when the level dropped the circuit opened and the light came on.
about $3 worth of parts and 10 miuntes work .
I made one but never used it .
those are pretty cool , but I've never seen one in a winery , even visiting wolf blas in australia with its thousands of barrels .
winemaker magazine had a set of instructions on building an electric one that used a battery and a small led . when the level dropped the circuit opened and the light came on.
about $3 worth of parts and 10 miuntes work .
I made one but never used it .
Above all relax , it's winemaking ,it's not supposed to be stressfull . It's not sky diving.
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Posted 16 August 2012 - 08:23 AM
Kinda like my friend who never knew he needed a divorce until his wife gave him one!
Way too simple and mechanical. To be really useful, it needs to be digital and connect wirelessly to a central computer that will notify my smart phone that I need to top up barrel #1064. "I started numbering with barrel 1060"
Way too simple and mechanical. To be really useful, it needs to be digital and connect wirelessly to a central computer that will notify my smart phone that I need to top up barrel #1064. "I started numbering with barrel 1060"
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Posted 16 August 2012 - 08:59 AM
Kinda like my friend who never knew he needed a divorce until his wife gave him one!
Way too simple and mechanical. To be really useful, it needs to be digital and connect wirelessly to a central computer that will notify my smart phone that I need to top up barrel #1064. "I started numbering with barrel 1060"
Okay, I've quit laughing. Very good.
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