Project 123: Viticulture and Enology
Contact Information:
Dr. Yu Gao
Email: yugao@sjtu.edu.cn
Project Description and Objectives:
This project includes all of the processes in the standard winemaking procedure. The students who join the project will participate in each step to gain experience in viticultural practice, grapevine physiology and electrophysiology, ripening analysis before the harvest, berry harvest, selection and crushing, yeast inoculation and start of fermentation, wine stabilization and clarification, etc. Furthermore, the students will also be trained in how to taste the wine professionally.
Eligibility Requirements:
Basic knowledge of plant science and food science.
Main Tasks:
Complete a small-scale wine fermentation process, learn the necessary analytical skills of wine chemistry and wine sensory evaluation.
Website:
School: http://www.agri.sjtu.edu.cn/En