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New research funding addresses ‘Wine Production and Climate Change’
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing agriculture. Solutions to current climate-change induced problems, and rapidly approaching future problems, will require a diverse, interdisciplinary, and strategic plan for each of our agricultural sectors. Through new funding from UBC’s Research Excellence Clusters initiative 2023-2024, researchers will bring together their diverse areas of expertise to […]
Simone Castellarin and Jacques-Olivier Pesme have hosted on March 6 Dr. Chie Onishi and Kosuke Kato from the Japan National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Simone Castellarin and Jacques-Olivier Pesme have hosted on March 6 Dr. Chie Onishi and Kosuke Kato from the Japan National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO). Discussion around the BC wine industry and research projects were addressed.
Grape-associated fungal community patterns persist from berry to wine on a fine geographical scale
Differences in the fungal and bacterial communities found in grape must and in wine fermentation have been linked with differences in wine aromas and flavours, suggesting a microbial role in the shaping of a wine’s terroir, or regional character. Over two vintages, we profiled the fungi and yeasts on grape berries and in wine fermentations […]
Industry and academia – a perfect match
Over the past few years the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) has highlighted the academic achievements of 21 leading yeast researchers in the world. In the latest issue of FEMS Yeast Research, Professor Hennie JJ van Vuuren, Founding Director of the Wine Research Centre at UBC and Blythe and Violet Eagles Chair in Food […]
Dr. Castellarin and Dr. Yada host a visit with the Director of the International Organization of Vine and Wine
On August 29th, UBC Vancouver’s Dr. Simone Castellarin and Dr. Rickey Yada hosted the visit with the Director of the International Organization of Vine and Wine, his Chief of staff, and French Consul general Nicolas Baudouin.
UBCO team examines the roots of great wine tourism
Research suggests multi-sensory experiences leave visitors with impressionable aftertaste
CBC Radio: The fires in the wine growing region of Bordeaux.
CBC Radio: 12th of August with Jacques-Olivier Pesme and Chris Walker on daybreak south. The fires in the wine growing region of Bordeaux.
Wine Sector Co-op Specialization
UBCO’s Interdisciplinary Co-op welcomed students from both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses early this year for its first in-person module Introduction to the BC Wine Sector
UBC hosts international event to discuss climate change and the wine industry
Wine grapes are particularly sensitive to drastic changes in temperatures. Even minor weather variations can jeopardize flavour and aroma development, making wine production vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
How wildfires are tainting grapes with smoke and threatening the wine industry
Fires can destroy vines and other vineyard infrastructure, such as the vine posts or irrigation systems, but even distant fires pose a risk to wine grapes, due to a phenomenon known as smoke taint. Smoke taint refers to the undesirable ashy, smoky aroma of wines produced from grapes exposed to wildfire smoke while ripening.