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 Dr.
Sanliang Gu, a professor in the Viticulture and Enology Department at
Fresno State, will discuss enhancing Cabernet Sauvignon wine color at
the American Society for Enology and Viticulture’s (ASEV) annual meeting
in Portland, Ore., this week, June 17-20.
Fresno State alumnus Robert Steinhauer of Wineland Consulting, LLC in
Sonoma, will receive the society’s 2008 Merit Award.
California State University, Fresno also will be represented by Kenneth
Fugelsang, Winemaster and enology professor; Dr. David Fang, a visiting
research scientist from China; and Sean Jacobs and Eric Mallea, graduate
students from Gu’s research team.
Thousands of grape and wine industry professionals from around the globe
gather at the ASEV annual meeting to review and discuss the latest
technology and research.
Dr. Robert Wample, Viticulture and Enology Department chair and director
of Fresno State’s Viticulture and Enology Research Center (VERC), said
Gu’s research holds promise on a global scale.
“Dr. Gu's research is important for growers in the San Joaquin Valley
and around the world in warm-climate regions where color development in
this cultivar is a problem,” said Wample, a past-president (2005-06) of
the society. Those areas represent nearly 60 percent of the wine growing
regions of the world.
On Wednesday, June 18, Gu will make his oral presentation, “Efficacy of
ABA [abscisic acid] Applications to Enhance Wine Color of Cabernet
Sauvignon Grape in a Warmer Growing Region,” followed by a poster
presentation and then discussion on Thursday, June 19.
Gu holds the Ricchiuti Chair of Viticulture Research at VERC,
internationally recognized as the leading applied research, development
and education facility of its type.
Steinhauer, who will receive the ASEV award for industry contributions
over his career, received his bachelor’s degree in 1965 and a master’s
degree in 1967 from Fresno State. In 2006, Steinhauer received the
Fresno State Alumni Association’s Top Dog Award as the outstanding
alumnus of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology.
Fresno State’s presence in Portland includes several other viticulture
and enology alumni:
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John Clark, of The Wine
Group, and Chris Smith of Bogle Vineyards, are society board members
and co-chairs of the enology and viticulture poster sessions.
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Dan Rodrigues (Ag Quest)
will present during a water relations session moderated by alum Nick
Dokoozlian (E & J Gallo).
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Zoran Ljepovic
(Constellation Brands) chairs the supplier showcase seminar on
practical wine microbiology.
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Steve Kupina
(Constellation Wines US) is an ASEV board member and Technical
Projects Committee interim director.
Fresno State, which has had
viticulture and enology programs for more than 50 years, was the first
university in the 23-campus California State University system to
combine education and research programs in viticulture and enology.
Fresno State also is home to the first commercially bonded winery on a
U.S. university campus. The student-operated winery’s vintages have won
more than 200 awards since its bonding 11 years ago.
The American Society for Enology and Viticulture is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to the interests of enologists, viticulturists
and other professionals in wine and grape research and production
throughout the world.
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