INTERNATIONAL WINE MICROBIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

APRIL 4 - 5, 2006

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PROGRAM

Registration check-in begins daily at 7:30 am.    The Program begins daily at 8:00 am.

TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2006

8:00-8:15 am  WELCOME

Dr. Roy Thornton, California State University, Fresno

Dr. Linda Bisson, University of California, Davis

8:15 - 8:40 am 

MICROBIOLOGICAL CRITICAL QUALITY CONTROL POINTS

Professor Ken Fugelsang, Fresno State

8:40 - 10:00 am

EMERGING DEVELOPMENTS AND PATTERNS OF MICROBES IN WINES

Panel Moderator: Dr. Sakkie Pretorius, Australian Wine Research Institute

Dr. Sakkie Pretorius, Australian Wine Research Institute: Growing Markets and Delivering Benefits to Wine Producers and Consumers Through Research and Innovation: A Perspective and Examples from Australia

Lars Petersen, Gusmer Enterprises: Survey of Biogenic Amine Levels in US Wines - Do We Have a Problem?

Dr. Neil Brown, Vinquiry: Spoilage Organisms, Analyses and Detection in 2005 

Lisa Van de Water, The Vinotec Group: Management of Brettanomyces / Dekkera Contamination and Spoilage in the Winery and Packaged Wine

10:00 - 10:15 am MORNING BREAK

WHAT'S IMPORTANT - THE GENOTYPE OR THE PHENOTYPE?

Session Chair:  Dr. Linda Bisson, UC Davis

10:15-10:45 am Dr. Alice Wright, Fresno State: Microbial Communities in Soil

10:45-11:15 am Dr. Torey Arvik, ETS Laboratories:  Rapid Detection of Wine Spoilage Microorganisms Using Scorpions ™ Technology

11:15-11:45 am Dr. Eduardo Agosin: Transcriptome and Fluxome Analysis of Wine Yeasts Reveal New Features on Yeast Physiology

11:45-12:15 pm Dr. Barry Bochner, Biolog: Phenotype Micro ArrayÔ Analysis of Yeast Strains

12:15 - 1:15 pm LUNCH BREAK

WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE TRACK

Session Chair:  Professor Ken Fugelsang, Fresno State

1:15-1:45 pm Dr. Peter Sommer, Chr. Hansen: Enhanced Flavors in Wine By Use of Non-Conventional Yeast

1:45-2:15 pm Gordon Specht, Lallemand: Yeast Inoculation Strategies - Getting the Best Fermentation Possible! 

2:15-2:45 pm Dr. Daniel Granes, ICV: A Practical Approach of Malolactic Fermentation Management Under Mediterranean Conditions

2:45-3:25 pm Dr. Hennie van Vuuren, University of British Columbia: Genetically Engineered Wine Yeasts - A New Era in Winemaking

 

3:25 - 3:45 pm AFTERNOON BREAK

3:45 pm - 5:15 pm

IT'S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE - MANNOPROTEINS AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA

(Followed by a Tasting Experience)

Session Chair:  Professor Ken Fugelsang, Fresno State

3:45 - 4:15 pm Dr. Alan Bakalinsky, Oregon State University: Contributions of Yeast Mannoproteins to Wine Quality

4:15 - 4:45 pm Dr. Charles Edwards, Washington State University: Pediococcus in Wines:  An Emerging Issue

4:45 - 5:15 pm  An Educational Tasting Experience

Day 1  Concludes by 5:30 pm with a

Reception immediately following,

featuring Fresno State Wines.

 

6:30 pm Optional Networking Dinner

at the Tenaya Lodge Yosemite

Dinner Space Limited - Advance Registration Required

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006

8:00 - 8:10 am  WELCOME

Dr. Roy Thornton, California State University, Fresno

WHAT'S COMING OVER THE HORIZON?

Morning Session Chair: Dr. Roy Thornton, Fresno State

8:10 - 8:45 am Dr. David Mills, UC Davis: Molecular Approaches to Characterize Wine Microorganisms 

8:45 - 9:20 am Dr. Susan Rodriguez, Fresno State: Flow Cytometry and Antibodies

9:20 - 10:00 am Dr. Aline Lonvaud-Funel, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux: Biogenic Amines in Wine: The Role of Lactic Acid Bacteria, Anticipation and Possible Control

WHATEVER THE CONTINENT - IT'S STILL ALL ABOUT METABOLISM

10:20-10:55 am North America - Dr. Linda Bisson, UC Davis: The Genetics of Hydrogen Sulfide Production

10:55-11:35 am Uruguay - Dr. Francisco Carrau, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo-Uruguay: Native Yeasts for Low Input Winemaking: Searching for Wine Diversity and Increase Complexity

11:35-12:10 pm Australia - Dr. Vladimir Jiranek, University of Adelaide: Making Yeast Make More of Nitrogen

12:10 - 1:10 pm LUNCH BREAK

1:10-3:10 pm

WISH LIST - WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE - THE INDUSTRY SPEAKS!

Moderator:  Dr. Christian Butzke, Purdue University

David Sorokowsky, R.H. Phillips Winery: Reducing Alcohol Production - Options and Consequences

Jeff Brinkman, Husch Vineyards: Culture Prep and Rehydration 

Jeff Cohn, JC Cellars/Rosenblum: BBl Sanitation and Maintenance - What Works and What Doesn't

Dr. William Edinger, Constellation Wines: Managing Wine Flavor Profiles with Non-Saccharomyces Yeasts

Dr. Tom Pugh, E & J Gallo Winery:  GMOs and the Image of Wine - Needs and Stands

Dr. Nichola Hall, Bronco Winery: Microbiological Proficiency at the Winery

Tom Collins, Foster's Wine Estates: Brettanoymces Detection - Too Little or Too Late?

3:10 - 3:30 pm AFTERNOON BREAK

WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING

3:30 - 4:30 pm Dr. Sakkie Pretorius, Australian Wine Research Institute

Setting New Goals for the Design of Improved Wine Yeast for a Market-Directed Wine Industry

4:30 pm Wrap-up 

Program Concludes by 5:00 pm

 

Program subject to change*

Updated 3/29/06

 

Presented by
California State University, Fresno's

Department of Viticulture and Enology and Viticulture & Enology Research Center

with support from industry sponsors

 

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