Prof. Butzke is Professor of Enology at Prudue University, Indiana, USA. He is also a past president of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture and current chairman of the Indy International, one of the largest wine competitions in the world. In addition to these roles his responsibilities include professional engagement activities from local winery consultations to global winemaking projects. He has also been Director of Winemaking for Sakonnet Vineyards in coastal New England and a tenured faculty member in the world-renowned Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, Davis.

• Questions are presented under the following headings: Grape analysis in winemaking; Juice and must preparation in winemaking; Yeast fermentation in wine; Malolactic fermentation (MLF) in wine; Wine clarification, stabilisation and preservation; Wine filtration; Wine packaging and storage; Winemaking equipment maintenance and troubleshooting; Winery microbiology and sanitation; Brettanomyces infection in wine; Particular wine quality issues.

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