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Kirkwood Winery Program

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Each year students at Kirkwood Community College produce 3,000 bottles of wine from 24 different types of grapes that are grown on the main campus.  The college offers winemaking and winery facility management program since 2009. This program is divided into eight parts that cover planting, harvesting, vine crushing, fermentation, clarifying, bottling and marketing the wine. The eight part series are Vineyard Establishment, Winter into Spring Vineyard Management, Spring Vine Yard Management 1 and 2, Sumer Vine Yard Management 1 and 2 and Harvesting Vineyard Management 1 and 2. During the process, students are allowed to see and experience from the day the grapes are planted through the harvesting.   According to Lucas McIntire, vineyard manager, Kirkwood sets the classes to match the time of planting and harvesting program in order to give the students actual learning during the classes. Therefore students can earn their vineyard management certificate in one ...

Menikmati kemeja putih Gianfranco Ferre di Phoenix Art Museum

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Photo oleh Tamalia Anthoneta Musim dingin Iowa membuat saya hijrah beberapa minggu ke bagian selatan dan pantai timur America. Negara bagian pertama yang saya kunjungi pada musim dingin ini adalah Arizona.  Saya terbang dengan Allegiant Air, salah satu penerbangan low cost carrier di USA.  Dari Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids, pesawat saya terbang selama  2 jam 50 menit dan mendarat di Mesa Gate Away Airport. Di Arizona saya menginap di apartment teman saya yang terletak di Mesa. Keesokan harinya, Tamelia, mahasiswa Scottsdale Community College dari Indonesia menjadi guide saya. Enam bulan tinggal di negara bagian ini sepertinya sudah sangat cukup untuk membuatnya mengenal seluk beluk Arizona. Tujuan pertama kami adalah Phoenix Art Museum.  Saat kami sampai di tempat ini Gallery utama yang biasa dipamerkan tidak di buka. Satu-satunya yang bisa kami kunjungi adalah pameran khusus yang sedang berlangsung selama beberapa bulan. Saya sangat senang kare...