There is an amazing store in Portland, Vinopolous, with perhaps the biggest collection of rieslings in America. Very knowledgeable too.
And I’m a fount (pun intended) of knowledge on wastewater treatment. I suspect there will be little if any need or desire for that knowledge on this forum, despite the piles of bovine and equine manure spread throughout. But hey! I’m available if and when needed......
I’m sure you’ve seen some shit in your day. What Spectrphotometor did you use? I did some work with HACH on how to market their instruments to you guys.
Wine not my area of expertise. Food is. Also biology. Political history. Some literature. Expert knitter. Organic gardener. Well trained by my cats.
One fo you guys hollered at me when my wife and I were in Sonoma wine tasting and said we were very close to them. and as far as mathematics, I'm just glad I have an accountant and the Calculator app on my iPhone.
I had a quart jar of mead homebrew at an art opening once and I can hold my booze but it made me dizzy within minutes..
I have merit badges in boarding, cutlass fighting, pillaging, and deliveries to Davy Jones' Locker. Oh, and parrot care. barfo
While we bring in several legendary Germany Riesling producers, we also bring in Burgundy, a little wine from South France, high-end Swiss wine, and soon, a highly-respected producer from Down Under. Oh, and we own an Oregon winery. So, we do a little wine.
How many places do you want to go in a day? Are you staying in wine country? Having a meal or two in wine country? Give me some basic parameters and I can make some suggestions.
I also know aquariums rather well. Had them my entire life. Save your jokes. They impress the ladies more than you'd think. Currently have a 100-gallon seahorse tank.
Pretty sure the last one was HACH but most of any time I spent in our lab was to either grab data or to shmooze with the lab techs. So I’m not 100% sure. Whatever it was, it could be a real cranky POS. I spent the vast majority of my career in the Operations side. But I do have tales from very early in that career that involve me, my lab supervisor buddy and cylinders of nitrous oxide diverted for entertainment purposes. Fortunately I can no longer be disciplined or fired.....
I vaguely remember getting 25 years experience in something or another, but I can't remember what. It doesn't matter. More important, I've watched the world, growing my hair long between each job. When you create an accounting system every couple of years, it comes naturally to critique the propaganda of the crappy selfish economic system, evil lowlife legal system, unimaginative religious/sexhater system, and unsustainable Stotts/Olshey hero ball system.
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