by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Apr 30, 2019 | AWRI, News
Sustainability in Australian grapegrowing and wine production is going from strength to strength, with the AWRI announcing a single national sustainability program, Sustainable Winegrowing Australia. Sustainable Winegrowing Australia provides a unified sustainability...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Apr 18, 2019 | AWRI, News, Wine Innovation Cluster
Wine Australia is inviting applications for funding through the Incubator Initiative, a program that connects early career researchers with Australia’s wine regions. This year, 6 of Wine Australia’s Regional Program partners have crafted 13 local research questions...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Mar 7, 2019 | AWRI, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide
The question of whether smoke from stubble burning has any effect on wine grapes will be tested as part of new research being conducted in South Australia’s wine regions. The research which will be carried out by researchers at the University of Adelaide’s Waite...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Mar 6, 2019 | AWRI, News, Wine Innovation Cluster
McWilliam’s Wines Group, in conjunction with the Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (AWITC), is calling for nominations for the Maurice O’Shea Award for 2019. Instigated by the McWilliam’s family in 1990, the Maurice O’Shea Award Dinner is recognised as the...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 21, 2019 | AWRI, News
The AWRI has been successful in securing an innovation grant to support a study of the shelf life of wines packaged in cans. The study aims to understand the drivers behind aroma development in canned wines and identify ways to reduce the risk of short shelf life....
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 11, 2019 | AWRI, News, Research stories
Adding water to must appears to be an effective way to manage fermentation issues in juice with high sugar concentrations, a new study has found. The study follows the decision by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand to allow the addition of water to must to...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 7, 2018 | AWRI, CSIRO, News, Students, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite, WRI
Why should we preserve trees in our cities and towns? Can we grow healthy crops in sandy soils? How important are insects to agriculture? Does the yeast a winemaker chooses really affect the wine produced? Can we really turn food waste into usable new products? Waite...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Nov 27, 2018 | AWRI, News, Research stories
A new study has questioned standard thinking about the effects of dissolved carbon dioxide (C02) on sweetness, bitterness and astringency in still white and red wines. The findings of the study – funded by Wine Australia and believed to be the first of its type on the...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Nov 21, 2018 | AWRI, News, Women of Waite
Congratulations to Waite researcher Dr Jacqui McRae from the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI), who was announced as the 2018 Researcher / Innovator of the Year in the Australian Women in Wine Awards at an event in Sydney on Friday 16 November. Jacqui is a...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Oct 18, 2018 | AWRI, News, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Congratulations to Dr Jacqui McRae (AWRI) and Associate Professor Kerry Wilkinson (The University of Adelaide) on being named 2018 Australian Women in Wine Award finalists in the Researcher of the Year category! The Australian Women In Wine Awards acknowledges and...
