Registration opened on March 31.
The ASEV Annual Meeting was established in 1950 by a committee of industry and academic representatives that included founding leaders such as Maynard Amerine, James Guymon, Joseph Heitz, Louis P Martini, Harold Olmo, Andre Tchelistcheff, A.W. Webb and A. J. Winkler.
Today, this national event serves as the wine and grape industry’s platform for progress, offering a unique combination of continued professional education in regard to scientific rigor and fundamental practice. The diverse and comprehensive program includes seminars addressing topics of daily experience in the winery and vineyard, as well as reports and updates on original research and enology and viticulture work in progress. Open to all industry and academic representatives, the annual meeting provides an ideal opportunity for networking between members of all U.S. wine and grape regions as well as respected international experts and professionals.
Program highlights are:
- The 5th Joint Burgundy-California-Oregon Winemaking Symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17 and will be preceded by a winery tour on Monday, June 16.
- Dr. Peter Winterhalter of the Institute of Food Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany will present the 2008 Honorary Research Lecture, Application Of Countercurrent Chromatography in Wine Research and Wine Analysis.
- Mr. Robert Steinhauer of Wineland Consulting, LLC, California, was selected as the 2008 Merit Award recipient.
- A Sensory Symposium addressing the underlying principles from vineyard to consumer preference and with a tasting will complete the diverse technical program on Friday, June 20.
We look forward to convening with our Pacific Northwest industry members and enjoying their many fine wines as a vital part of this conference, and to hosting ASEV’s final Supplier Showcase.