Viticulture and Enology Research Center

from California Agricultural Technology Institute at the California State University, Fresno Campus A well organised academic site with detailed research statements and biographies and some useful local links such as the up to date Announcements and Events The information loads quickly and easily and is well linked internally.
Highlights -fulltext of many of their research publications and newsletters back to 1994.

Charles Sturt University Winery

including the Ron Potter Centre for Grape Wine and Food Research and the School of Wine and Food Sciences. Not well organised and can be slow to load because of the extensive graphics but Charles Sturt is a leader in this field and under these pages are links to many important Australian wine science initiatives eg AUSVIT Viticultural Decision Support System. Their research is well discussed. Other features are wine show results, and a brief history of wine.

The Department of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology

at the University of Adelaide is listed because of its closeness to Lincoln allows potential collaborations. The web site is up to date and easy to navigate but not comprehensive in online information. Staff research is discussed and their publications listed but none are available online. It includes a history of the Hickinbotham Roseworthy Wine Science Laboratory A possible highlight is the discussion of the confocal microscope facility.

Department of Viticulture and Enology

at the University of California Davis Campus has an huge web presence and many useful features. The wineserver is all graphic and will take a time to load but it is very valuable information. Click on the grapes for further information.
Highlights
A searchable theses database covering 220 Davis wine science theses going back to the 1950's. Most have abstracts and though will be very hard to obtain from here, they will be useful stimuli to focus your research ideas.
VEN Briefs - their news journal available in PDF format back till 1994
Wine URLs - a huge though not annotated list of sites with many American organisations and wineries represented RAVE - an annual symposium of research updates. These are also available in PDF format.

New York State Agricultural Experimentation Station

Based at Cornell University- This is a standard academic web site with faculty details etc but it represents the Eastern side of the States and has some local information available. Also of note are the few fulltext research papers on grape genetics. The Wine Research Extension of the Food Science and Technology Department at Cornell is a related programme. Among the faculty details available here are some full-page discussions and photographs of their research.

Institut Jules Guyot

at the University of Bourgogne (Burgundy) Friendly though brief information in English and French on the institutes programmmes at the The laboratory of Grape Sciences and the Laboratory of Enology This site has been included to represent this most important wine region. See also the French wineries in the 4000 Wineries listed in Quick Reference

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This site is an assessment piece for LIBR533 and is not officially linked to the Lincoln University Website at presentLast updated 9th January, 1998 by Jicca Smith - a Reference Librarian at Lincoln University Library.