ASEV Platform, July 10, 2024

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Nominations for 2025 Merit Award and Extension Distinction Award Due August 1

Recognition is the best compliment and knowing that your colleagues recommended your work speaks volumes. So let’s hear it! Nominate a colleague for their work in winemaking or grapegrowing.

Read more about the criteria and how to submit your nominations:

• Extension Distinction Award is for current extension professionals working in enology or viticulture.
• Merit Award is ASEV’s highest honor for an individual who contributed to the progress and advancement of enology and viticulture in an outstanding and distinguished manner for the Society and/or wine industry.

This year, the honors went to Dr. Tony Wolf of Virginia Tech for the Merit Award and Mr. Mark Battany of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR), San Luis Obispo County, for the Extension Distinction Award.

75th National Conference in Portland Photos

Still buzzing from the connections made in Portland last month? Or maybe you missed the festivities of the ASEV National Conference.

We’ve captured moments of the 2024 ASEV National Conference in Portland, including the vineyard and winery tour, sessions and receptions.

View the photos at asev.org/photos and look back at the smiles and memories from the event.

Best Student Presentation Awards Presented at the 75th National Conference

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Best Student Presentations, which were announced during the Student-Industry Mixer on June 20.

Thanks to our sponsors, J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines for viticulture and Lallemand for enology, for their continued support of novel research and future industry leaders.

VITICULTURE

• Oral Presentation: Christian Mandelli, Oregon State University, Corvallis, for Exploring the Host-Pathogen Molecular Interactions through Multi-OMICs for GRBV Control in Grapevine
• Flash Talk: Kenneth Donsky, Oregon State University, Corvallis, for Accelerating Molecular Breeding via Development of a Novel Multiplexed Gene-Editing Method for Vitis vinifera
• Poster: Lauren Picone, California State University, San Luis Obispo, for Assessing Long-Term Effects of Regenerative Management Practices on Vineyard Soil Health

ENOLOGY

• Oral Presentation: Matt Garcia, Oregon State University, Corvallis, for Effect of Malolactic Fermentation Timing and Cold Soaking with Torulaspora delbrueckii on Pinot noir Sensory Properties
• Flash Talk: Megan Meharg, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, for Effect of Yeast Strain Selection on the Concentration of Smoke-Derived Volatile Phenols and Thiophenols in Wine
• Poster: Mitchell Davey, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, for Comparison of Freeze-Killed versus Freeze-Dried Leaves for the Production of Frost Tainted Cabernet Sauvignon Wines