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2010 NZSVO Travel Grants

2010 NZSVO TRAVEL GRANTS

Seventh International Cool Climate Symposium and the 61st ASEV National Conference in June, 2010 in Seattle, Washington.

NZSVO were proud to sponsor members Ruby Andrew and Randy Weaver to attend the seventh International Cool Climate Symposium and the 61st ASEV National Conference in June in Seattle, Washington.

NZSVO hosted the 2nd ICCS Symposium in Auckland in 1988 and the 6th ICCS symposium in Christchurch in 2006.

Reports submitted by Ruby and Randy

7th ICCS Report
New Zealand participants at 7th ICCS
61st ASEV Conference Report

The First New Zealand Wine Industry Technical Conference

Planning was well underway for this two day conference to be held in Christchurch in June 2011 when the disastrous February quake struck. Rather than shift the conference to another venue it was decided to postpone it until 2012. The conference will probably be held in early July in a venue yet to be decided. Information will be notified on this site and by email newsletter.

8th International Cool Climate Symposium (ICCS)

31 January to 4 February 2012, Hobart, Tasmania
Organised by Wine Tasmania, the Australian Wine Research Institute and the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research

July - Registrations open
30 September - Closing date for poster abstracts

More information

June 2010

Registrations are now being called for the 2010 NZSVO workshop - Finish well to open well - Wine finishing workshop to be held in Blenheim on Wednesday 25th August

This workshop will deal with the decisions that are made post fermentation and their impact on finished wine quality. more>

2010 NZSVO Travel grants awarded to Randy Weaver and Ruby Andrew to attend the 7th International Symposium on Cool Climate Viticulture and Enology and 61st ASEV National Conference in Seattle, Washington

These are the first two travel grants awarded to NZSVO members. The ICCS symposium was chosen for these awards because NZSVO hosted the previous ICCS in Christchurch in February 2006.

It is intended that one or two travel grants will be awarded annually to members to attend international conferences and it is expected that their written reports will be published for the benefit of the New Zealand Industry.

Further details will be announced regarding the 2011 awards via our newsletters and on our web page.

NZSVO sponsors the travel grant for the Markhams Young Viticulturist of the Year Award

NZSVO is delighted to be associated with this award that recognises excellence in the field of viticulture. This travel grant fits well with the organisation's objects of promoting education and in obtaining and disseminating information.

February 2007

Improved search feature on this web page

The keywords used in searches are now highligted in yellow whenever they appear on a target page.

NZ WINEGROWERS PRESS RELEASES

OIV compendium of methods NEW MAY 2006
25th Air New Zealand Wine Awards presentation NEW MAY 2006
Paul Tudor Closure survey NEW MAY 2006
The screwcap revolution
Wine Makers Furious at Two Tax Increases in One Month
New Zealand Winegrowers pleased with Australian tax rebate legislation
Vintage 2005: second highest for wine industry
June 2004 6th International Symposium for Cool Climate Viticulture and Oenology update
June 2004 NZSVO Workshop on sulfide - A half-day for winemakers devoted to sulphides in the winery and how to manage them.
June 2004 NZSVO Workshop on Sauvignon Blanc - One-day workshop for grape growers and winemakers looks at Sauvignon Blanc aroma, it's origins and how as winemakers and viticulturalists we can influence its expression.
June 2004 NZ Winegrowers vintage report
June 2004 NZ Winegrowers running a wine judging evaluation session for potential wine judges.
May 2004 6th International Symposium for Cool Climate Viticulture and Oenology
March 2004 NZSVO to run a workshop on Sauvignon Blanc in November 2004.
March 2004 NZSVO launches its web page and newsletter

May 2004 6th International Symposium for Cool Climate Viticulture and Oenology

Monday 6 to Friday 10 February 2006, Christchurch, New Zealand

The New Zealand Society for Viticulture and Oenology is pleased to announce that it will be presenting the above symposium in Christchurch, New Zealand between 6 and 10 February 2006.

NZSVO successfully presented the 2nd Symposium in 1988. The last symposium was held in Melbourne in January 2000.

Requests for speakers and persons to facilitate workshops will be called for in the near future. We would appreciate help to ensure that this is a memorable event. If you would like to be involved in this symposium please contact NZSVO

March 2004 NZSVO to run a workshop on Sauvignon Blanc in November 2004.

Top overseas speakers have been lined up. Details to follow shortly

March 2004 NZSVO launches its web page and newsletter.

This is the first of our monthly newsletters, and with our associated web page, have been produced to provide you, our members, with news and developments within the grape and wine industry.

To obtain maximum benefit from both of these we need as much input from as many sources as possible. Throughout the web page there are opportunities for you to submit material. In addition there is an online forum to allow you to express your opinions and obtain information from other members.

It is our aim for this web page and it's monthly newsletter to become 'the homepage for the New Zealand grape and wine industry.'

After a number of years where are our main focus has been on arranging the speakers for the Bragato Conference we have, this year, gone back to arranging our own programme. We will be holding a Sauvignon Blanc workshop, with top overseas speakers, in Blenheim, in November

We are also in the early stages of organising a major international conference to be held in New Zealand in 2006.

You will be kept informed of developments of both events over the next few months through our newsletters

The information we are providing is for the benefit of our members. Non members are encouraged to subscribe to our newsletter. You will however be unable to access much of the information on our web page as this is in a members section requiring a password to access. Membership benefits and details can be obtained from our web page.