Plastic Wine Thief
Plastic Wine Thief
- Description
- This plastic wine thief was used at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars in Napa, California during the 1990s. The wine thief is essentially a pipette that is used by a winemaker to extract a small amount of wine from a large cask or carboy. At several points during both the fermentation and aging processes, a winemaker will use the thief to extract a sample of the juice into a glass. The winemaker evaluates the wine by carefully looking at its color, smelling its aroma, and tasting it, as part of the winemaking process.
- Physical Description
- manufactured (overall production method/technique)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.5 cm x 48 cm x 3 cm; 2 3/16 in x 18 7/8 in x 1 3/16 in
- ID Number
- 1998.0181.06
- accession number
- 1998.0181
- catalog number
- 1998.0181.06
- subject
- Wine
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Food Technology
- Food
- FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
- Exhibition
- Food: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
