Congratulations to the 2021 Best Student Presentation Award winners! Thanks to our enology awards sponsor, Lallemand, for their continued support. 

This year’s recipients are as follows:

Viticulture: 

• Robert Blundell (oral), University of California, Davis
  Evaluation of Grapevine-Derived Microbes for Sustainable Pruning Wound Protection Against Grapevine Trunk Disease
• Arran Rumbaugh (poster), University of California, Davis
  Effects of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus (GRBV) on Grape Metabolic Pathways through Ripening
• Evelyn Alvarez-Mendoza (flash talk), California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  Fungicide Resistance of Botrytis cinerea Populations on Wine Grapes in the Central Coast of California

Enology:

• Rachel Allison (oral), Cornell University, New York
  Accelerated Bench-Tests for Predicting H2S Formation in Canned Wines
• Yiliang Cheng (poster), Iowa State University, Ames
  How do Accentuated Cut Edges and Macerating Enzyme Affect Phenolic Compounds Extraction on Marquette Wines?
• Jenna Fryer (flash talk), Oregon State University, Corvallis
  Smoke Attribute Carryover and Functionality of Rinse Systems in Sensory Analysis of Wildfire Affected Wines

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