Ep 499: The Impacts of Smoke on Wine with Professor Tom Collins of Washington State University

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Professor Thomas Collins (yes, his name is Tom Collins) is a foremost authority in the US on smoke in the vineyards. After a long career in research and enology at large wineries in New York and California, and a Ph.D. at UC-Davis, Dr. Collins became an assistant professor of grape and wine chemistry in the Viticulture and Enology Program at Washington State University in 2015.

Photo: Dr. Tom Collins, Credit: WSU

He manages a research program in grape, wine and spirits aroma and flavor chemistry, and teaches courses in grape and wine chemistry and winery operations. In this show we talk all about wine and fire -- topics like:

Why are there so many fires and will this trend continue in the future?
Who is studying fire and what has been discovered so far?
What parts of the vine are affected by fire and what actually damages the grapes?
What are the remedies and what can we expect to happen in the future with fire research?

A great show with a really smart and easy to understand guest -- important when it's such a complex topic!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:13.2	I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider author of the Wine for Normal People Book and
0:19.5	certified wine dork and I'm MC Ice just a wine-loving normal person. The show is sponsored by wine that first shipment next year. It's gonna be awesome.
0:33.2	Also, don't forget Wine Access offers gift cards
0:36.4	for the wine lover in your life.
0:37.8	Go to Wine Access.com slash WFP.
0:40.9	Check out my page.
0:42.0	Listen in the middle of the show for more details.
0:45.5	In this show I have a very special guest who's going to break down a topic many of you have
0:50.9	asked about, wine, fire, and the effect of smoke in the
0:54.8	vineyard. Professor Thomas Collins, yes his name is Tom Collins, no I'm not
0:59.7	going to make a joke about it to him, but for those of you who like the beverage, that is his name.
1:05.0	He is the foremost authority in the U.S. on smoke in the vineyards.
1:08.7	Dr Collins has been an assistant professor of grape and wine chemistry in the viticulture and eunology program. and research program in grape, wine, and spirits,
1:23.5	aroma, and flavor chemistry,
1:25.8	and teaches courses in grape and wine chemistry
1:28.3	and winery operations.
1:30.0	He's had a long career in the wine business, but in the show he's really modest and doesn't tell you everything, so I will in this intro.
1:38.5	Dr Collins attended Cornell University in New York studying Russian language and literature, which he does
1:43.9	mention in the show. While in the Finger Lakes, he became interested in wine, spent
1:48.0	four years in the US Navy, worked for five years for constellation in New York State, worked as an assistant winemaker for a small winery
1:56.0	and Lodi as an R&D manager for Treasury wine estates, which is based in Australia with ownership of many California wineries, which will become important as we discuss this.
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