Research spotlight:
CE Specialist Anita Oberholster's research on Red Blotch Disease

The CE Specialist's recent research has focused on this issue, which has symptoms similar to Leafroll disease. Read more.

What's happening on campus:

Meet our newest Assistant Professor,
Dr. Ben Montpetit. Read more.

Oakville Experimental Vineyard Grape Day
was held on June 1, 2016. This Grape Day had two themes: Pest Management and Applied Water Amounts. Read more

Kudos to our faculty and students on their latest honors and awards!

Dr. Douglas Adams was presented the ASEV’s 2016 Merit Award on June 30, 2016 at the ASEV National Conference in Monterey, CA.

Winners of the 2016-17 international student internships were announced at the end of the academic year. Find out who's going where.
Read more.

UC Davis V&E Extension: Bringing the latest research and innovation to industry

The Department of Viticulture and Enology Extension and Industry Relations team has been quite busy! To keep up with our many doings, be sure to check out our Facebook page!

Extension Focus:

Recap of our recent seminar and field day at UC Davis called "Current Developments in Vineyard Mechanization and Precision Viticulture".
Themes included labor issues and looming increases in California's minimum wage. Read more.

Recap of two Wine Flavor 101 series courses in May and June
The successful on-campus workshops were "Managing Oxygen for Wine Composition and Stability" and "Practical Color and Tannin Management Strategies". Read more.

The next extension event is sold out, but there will be more in the future!

The next UC Davis V&E Extension presentation is sold out. The Oakville Station Seminar Series #2 on August 12 will feature CE Specialist Kaan Kurtural, who will give a tour of newly planted vineyards and the updated facilities; Dr. Johann Martinez who will give a talk titled "Effects of Global Climate Change on Berry Flavonoid Chemistry"; and Dr. Gregory Gambetta from University of Bordeaux. His talk is "How Grapevines Break Down and Put Themselves Together During and After a Drought".

We'll be sure to post a recap of this event in the next newsletter.

Spotlight on our students

Student Profile:
Vivienne Ye
Eager to learn all she can about the world of winemaking. Read more.

Course Profile:
Prof. Heymann's VEN 125/L
Teaching students to trust their senses. Read more.

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Research spotlight: CE Specialist Anita Oberholster's research on Red Blotch Disease