Wine By Design - Does Development of a New Wine Qualify as Design?

Marc

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From the ISO ListServe. I agree with Phyllis (the last entry).

Also see Design - Widget vs. Service - Exclusion? and Design - Widget vs. Service Organization Product

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From: Nancy Jennejohn
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:08:24 -0500
Subject: Re: Wine by Design? /Platt/Pfrang

Stuart Platt wrote:

> A colleague (Food Safety Registrar) who deals with several wineries asked my opinion

> whether the production/development of a new wine would qualify for "Design".
> My response (I.T./Software Registrar with mechanical engineering background - a
> million years ago) was no, it is not design, it is configuration of the basic
> wine-making ingredients/materials and processes.
>
> I argued that to qualify for design, the exercise must have precisely defined
> functional and performance requirements (which may change throughout the design
> process) and that the resulting design must be validated against those requirements.
>
> Another colleague (Metallurgist/Materials Registrar) had a somewhat different - but
> not diametrically opposite, view and felt that the development of a new wine would
> qualify as Design.
>
> Am I taking a too-literal view of the requirements of the design process, or would
any
> of you people be happy to have designer wine?.
> Comments?

It seems to me this is a moot point, because calling it "design" doesn't seem to change anything the winery is going to do. Can any wine have "precisely defined functional and performance requirements"? More likely, the best a winery can do is simply to control the materials and process, verify the new product through lab tests (for alcohol content), and validate through subjective taste-testing. What is the point of debating whether or not to call it "design"? Maybe someday wineries will genetically engineer wine to fit some "precisely defined functional and performance requirements," but I don't think that day has arrived.

Doug Pfrang

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From: Nancy Jennejohn
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:10:52 -0500
Subject: Re: Wine by Design? /Platt/Humphries

From: "Edwin Humphries"

Stuart,

Without knowing the details of the things wine-makers do to create different wines, it's a bit hard to answer.

If it were a matter of different ingredients producing a predictable outcome (as, for example, in the formulation of a new shampoo), then yes, it would certainly be a design issue. However, it's my understanding that two wineries can take the same raw material (e.g., Shiraz grapes) and one will produce an outstanding wine, and the other a rot gut. The differences between the two are process-related, rather than design, and the differences are quite subtle.

I guess it comes down to whether there is an element of wine-making that is "art". If there is, I cannot see how it could be included in the certification. You can certify an orchestra, but you can't certify that which make them play great music.

Best Regards
Edwin Humphries

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From: Nancy Jennejohn
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:12:35 -0500
Subject: Re: Wine by Design? /Platt/Naish

Stuart,

I believe that this is design. If you are creating something new even if it is like something before it is still design. If not then I can not think of anything that you would call design. A new car is just an adjustment of the size and shape of previous cars. It usually has the same parts like tires, an engine, a gas tank, seats, etc. etc. The same is true with computers. Unless you are designing a whole new media type what's really been new for years? The speed is new but the flavor of the wine is new as well. And I would assume but may not be true that there may be some changes being made to the grapes but then they are just grapes. And sugar is just sugar. And and and...

I had an interesting discussion and had to convince a client that they were doing design and would need to be design responsible under the new standard. They perform pesticide residue tests and tests for metals and the like. They said they just use standard test from AOAC or USDA or another group or two. But when I pushed to have them show me they could not match one up exactly because they always modify them to the equipment they have and some other parameters. And they don't know if they will work until they do some capability tests. And they use the same instruments as other tests. And they use many of the same chemicals. But if they are not design they should just work. But they don't and they have to design them to what they have. DESIGN was the key word I finally got them to say and when I did I got them to realize they were doing design.

Phyllis
 
D

David Mullins

I have three children who whine all the time.
This is not by design.

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Marc

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I was tickled when I first read this. It's still kinda an old favourite...
 
Marc said:
I was tickled when I first read this. It's still kinda an old favourite...
Good one.

It seems to me that every single clause under 7.3 could be applicable (I would be particularly interested in taking part in 7.3.5 & 7.3.6 :D :drunk: ).

Conclusion: I think it could, and maybe should be considered design.

/Claes
 

RoxaneB

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I must admit, I think design does apply here....why, oh why, didn't my Guidance Counsellor tell me about this field while I was in high school?!?! :crybaby:

About a year ago, a local brewery had a job posting for a Quality Control Inspector. One of the job description lines was something like "Inspect product at various stages of completion." I knew I should have applied...only one problem...I'm not much of a beer fan.

Wonder how they demonstrate legible records...I mean at the start of the shift, things should be okay...but towards the end? Sloppy handwriting and dkfjskdfjk sdfj;k ask imsi[w is probably the norm...
 

Wes Bucey

Prophet of Profit
RCBeyette said:
I must admit, I think design does apply here....why, oh why, didn't my Guidance Counsellor tell me about this field while I was in high school?!?! :crybaby:

About a year ago, a local brewery had a job posting for a Quality Control Inspector. One of the job description lines was something like "Inspect product at various stages of completion." I knew I should have applied...only one problem...I'm not much of a beer fan.

Wonder how they demonstrate legible records...I mean at the start of the shift, things should be okay...but towards the end? Sloppy handwriting and dkfjskdfjk sdfj;k ask imsi[w is probably the norm...
Not to throw water and dilute the effect of the wine, but on two winery visits, I was told the PROFESSIONAL tasters have a bucket and they spit the wine into the bucket after sniffing, tasting, and sloshing - no swallowing on duty. Plus they each have "stuff" they use to cleanse the palate between tastes.

I much prefer CONSUMER wine tasting, amid conversation as sparkling as some of the wines. However, truth be told, I will also drink the samples out of a plastic cup at the supermarket!
 

Marc

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Thread bumped for Memories of the Excellence of the old Jennejohn ListServ.
 

Helmut Jilling

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Not to throw water and dilute the effect of the wine, but on two winery visits, I was told the PROFESSIONAL tasters have a bucket and they spit the wine into the bucket after sniffing, tasting, and sloshing - no swallowing on duty. Plus they each have "stuff" they use to cleanse the palate between tastes.

I much prefer CONSUMER wine tasting, amid conversation as sparkling as some of the wines. However, truth be told, I will also drink the samples out of a plastic cup at the supermarket!


While I don't remember Jennejohn, since Marc bumped this thread, I'll bite...

Wes, I'm with you on the wine tasting approach...I'll even bring my own plastic cup...
 
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