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Wine Industry Mentor Program breaks new ground
    
      The Wine Industry Mentor Program, which pairs early career wine sector professionals with respected wine sector leaders, is expanding into all areas of the wine industry. This year the program includes wine business, wine marketing, media, photography, wine education, winemaking, viticulture and oenology, while keeping a strong connection with wine communications.
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Wine consumption patterns relatively stable under COVID
    
      Wine consumers have reported that their consumption hasn’t changed much despite the stresses of lockdown. The results from a survey by a team of experts led by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide show patterns of wine consumption that also indicate a trend towards buying wine direct from producers.
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Exploring the origins of wine regionality
    
      The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is bringing together experts from around the world in a two-day virtual conference to discuss the science that creates and defines regionality in wine.
Shining a light on the issue of wine fraud
    
      ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine – a potential solution against the estimated billions of dollars’ worth of wine fraud globally, but also offering a possible means of building regional branding.
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Helping future-proof the wine sector
    
      Winegrape growers around the world will be better able to navigate future global markets and the impacts of climate change with a new book available free online.
Uncovering the science of Indigenous fermentation
    
      ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n wine scientists are shedding scientific light on the processes underlying traditional practices of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Aboriginal people to produce fermented beverages.
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New research to help wineries manage smoke taint
    
      A new project to help ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s winemaking industry understand and respond to the impact of taint from bushfire smoke, which includes research from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, has received $950,000 in Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) funding from the Federal Government.
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Virtual wine tasting becomes a reality
    
      ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide students of oenology and viticulture are blind tasting wines in the familiar surrounds of their homes as part of their online learning.
Engineering for better brewing and wine-making
    
      New ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide professor Robert Falconer aims to use pharmaceutical engineering principles and expertise in protein chemistry to find quality gains in beer brewing and improved technology for wine-making.
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ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ assists bushfire affected grape growers and winemakers
    
      The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is offering assistance to wine producers affected by the bushfires in the Adelaide Hills.
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