A new yeast being marketed internationally is based on research by WSU food scientist Charlie Edwards and colleagues. The aim was to develop a product that can stand up to mature grapes to achieve the robust wines today’s consumers prefer. Ideally, yeast should perform consistently batch after batch, regularly metabolizing a certain amount of […]
Thomas Henick-Kling, photo courtesy of Cornell University PULLMAN – Thomas Henick-Kling, an international leader in wine research and education, is the new director of WSU’s viticulture and enology program. Dan Bernardo, dean of the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, announced the appointment today. Henick-Kling is scheduled to assume his new […]
PROSSER – WSU now features the largest experimental, noncommercial winemaking facility in the Pacific Northwest. The research winery, which is located at the WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, has a production capacity of about 5,000 gallons. The new facility was designed by enologists James Harbertson and Kerry Ringer, scientists in the […]
RICHLAND — Wine tasting basics, the U.C. Davis Aroma Wheel, and the concept of terroir are the topics of three consumer education wine seminars being offered this spring at WSU Tri-Cities. Each of the two-hour sessions will be held the WSU Tri-Cities campus in the Consolidated Information Center (CIC), upstairs in Room 216, at 2770 University […]
PROSSER – WSU enologists Kerry Ringer and Jim Harbertson will host an informational forum on proposed changes to wine bottle labeling and its potential impact on Washington wineries. The forum will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m., Dec. 6 at the WSU Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser. The WSU Irrigated […]
RICHLAND, Wash. — Wine tasting, the geologic history of wine and holiday entertaining are the consumer education seminars being offered this fall at Washington State University Tri-Cities. — Understanding the Tasting of Wine, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. This class will introduce participants to the fundamentals of tasting and understanding the wine in their glass. […]
A team of WSU researchers and their wine-industry collaborators are the winners of the 2007 Integrated Pest Management Team Award. The award is given each year to the team that successfully implements an IPM solution to an agricultural pest problem. The Pacific Northwest Vineyard IPM team, led by entomologist Doug Walsh, and based […]
RICHLAND — It’s easy to enjoy wine. And with a little knowledge, wine becomes an intriguing experience, a way to enhance an everyday meal and to entertain with style. Learn how at a wine education seminar at Washington State University Tri-Cities. Seven consumer seminars are scheduled for May through July as part of the inaugural […]
PULLMAN – The Wine-By-Cougars (WBC) wine club is releasing “Artist Expression 2007,” a celebration of a Cougar-connected wine adorned with the artwork from a member of each year’s graduating class. The first-ever “Artist Expression” release is the result of a collaboration among WBC, Woodward Canyon and Washington State University’s School of Fine Arts. World-renowned winemaker and […]
Dr. Carolyn Ross, Food Sciences & Human Nutrition, will demonstrate her research — sensory analysis techniques to identify and describe changes in flavor and odor profiles of red wines-on March 30. Participants will receive an introduction to the sensory analysis of wines, and then taste “standards” prepared from Livingstone wine by Dr. Ross. Participants will […]