Honorary Life Member (HLM) • Emeritus Member (EM) • Professional Member (PM) • Associate Member (AM) • Student Member (SM) 

New Members
Approved by the ASEV Board on November 15, 2007

Jim Adelman, PM
Zoran Beslic, SM
Stephen Bradley, PM
Nilda Cerutti, AM
Susan Hill, AM
Mark Iannantuoni, AM
Ursula Kennedy, PM
Kenneth Lamb, AM
Brian  Lee, AM
Erik Mallea, SM
Robert Okin, AM
Lucy Patten, SM
William Talbot, PM
Camilo Viani, PM
Shoshana Wolff, SM

New Industrial Affiliate
Approved by the ASEV Board on November 15, 2007

Arista Winery

Visit the Annual Meeting section to review program highlights including the Supplier Showcase, daily schedule, information on registration and hotels, travel, and the many attractions offered by the city of Portland. Registration and housing opened on March 31.

Please note that the technical abstracts submission period is now closed. The Call for Abstracts is available for reference only.

The ASEV Board of Directors has approved Napa as the 2009 annual meeting site for the week of June 22-26.

We look forward to a complete new program format and the Rootstock Symposium, co-organized by Jim Wolpert and Andy Walker of the University of California, Davis.

Friday, June 20
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Portland Ballroom 252

Co-chairs:

Hildegarde Heymann, University of California, Davis
Ulrich Fischer, DLR Rheinpfalz, Germany

If we want to tackle a central question of grapegrowing and winemaking, “How can I make a better wine,” then it is essential to apply well-established sensory methods. Presentations will address:

• the impact of different geological formations on the sensory profile of Riesling wines in the vineyard
• newest findings in flavor research from a sensory perspective
• the important question of which sensory properties of wines stimulate consumer preferences and which may be contra-productive
• qualitative interpretations by food industry professionals who are responsible for wine production, the decision which wine is listed in retail, and which quality ratings wines receive in publications
• how to enhance the preferred and avoid the undesirable sensory attributes during the winemaking process
• modern research on the brain, which shows that sensory perception and qualitative interpretation takes place in separate areas of the brain and that a taster’s expertise is reflected by different brain activities during wine drinking

A tasting will be included in the symposium

Moderator: Hildegarde Heymann, University of California, Davis

Tuesday, June 17
9:00 am – 4:15 pm
Portland Ballroom 252

The symposium will be preceded by a winery tour on Monday, June 16. The fee for the symposium does not include the tour. Refer to the 2008 Registration Rates chart for all fees.

Organizers & Moderators:
Christian Butzke, Purdue University, Indiana
Pascal Durand, University of Burgundy, France
James Kennedy, Oregon State University, Corvallis
James Osborne, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Barney Watson, Chemeketa Community College, Oregon

Theme:
A multi-regional discussion between winemakers and enologists/viticulturists and includes a tasting with speakers from France, Oregon and California.