Carboy (Demijohn)
notes: label: Description
content: A carboy, also called a demijohn, is a stout glass container with a narrow neck. Available in various sizes, they are essential to winery operations. This carboy, used in the 1990s at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars in California’s Napa Valley, transported wine for topping off barrels in the red wine cellar. As wine ages in barrels, small amounts are lost to evaporation. Cellar workers topped off the barrels with wine brought to the barrel room in this carboy.
label: Description
content: Winemakers also use carboys for fermenting small batches of wine, especially for research and experimental purposes.
topic: label: Subject
content: Wine
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0181.09
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0181.09
label: accession number
content: 1998.0181
objectType: label: Object Name
content: demijohn
label: Other Terms
content: demijohn; Food Technology; Winemaking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
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content: manufactured (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in x 25 in; 127 cm x 63.5 cm