Stainless Steel Dodine, or Stirring Rod
Stainless Steel Dodine, or Stirring Rod
- Description
- This dodine was used at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars in Napa, California during the 1990s. A long, curved, stainless steel rod with a freely rotating blade at the end, the dodine is used to stir the “lees,” or sediment in a wine barrel. Some winemakers believe that stirring the lees is essential to creating deeper, more complex aromas and flavors, and a smoother taste.
- Object Name
- dodine
- Physical Description
- manufactured (overall production method/technique)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 103 cm x 14.5 cm x 19 cm; 40 9/16 in x 5 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1998.0181.07
- accession number
- 1998.0181
- catalog number
- 1998.0181.07
- subject
- Wine
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- Work and Industry: Food Technology
- Food
- FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
- Exhibition
- Food: Transforming the American Table
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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