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UC Davis Recent Advances in Viticulture and Enology (RAVE)
March 15 @ 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$175 – $225
On March 15, 2023, grape and wine industry professionals are invited to attend “Recent Advances in Viticulture & Enology (RAVE)” at the UC Davis Conference Center from 9 am – 4 pm followed by a reception from 4-5 pm. Topics to be addressed will include water use/stress remote sensing tools, grape breeding, plant growth regulators in table grapes, wine fermentation, AI to measure grape yield potential, and more…
AGENDA
9:00 am
Welcome, Introduction & Department Update
David Block, Department Chair and Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
9:25 am
Ground-based and remote sensing tools for tracking vineyard water use and stress
Andrew McElrone, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis and Research Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS
9:55 am
Foundations for a modern grape breeding program
Luis Diaz-Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
10:25 am
BREAK
10:45 am
Irrigation-saving plant material for a warmer, drier future
Megan Bartlett, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
11:15 am
Potential for plant growth regulators to improve quality of destemmed table grapes
Matt Fidelibus, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Viticulture, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
11:45 am
Student/Research flash talks
12:30 pm
Lunch and poster session
2:00 pm
Profiling free and bound monoterpene alcohols in wine fermentations
Sue Ebeler, Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology; Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences, UC Davis
2:30 pm
Whole genome sequencing identifies native Californian wine yeast strains with oenological potential
Ben Montpetit, Vice-Chair and Associate Professor, Enology, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
3:00 pm
AI-Enabled Grape Yield Estimation from the Ground and Sky
Mason Earles, Assistant Professor, Departments of Viticulture and Enology & Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis
3:30 pm
Accelerating fermentation to use resources more efficiently during harvest
David Block, Department Chair and Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
4:00 pm
Reception
