Project 113: Viticulture and Enology

Contact Information:

Dr. Yu Gao

Email: yugao@sjtu.edu.cn

Project Description and Objectives:

This project includes all the processes in the standard winemaking procedure, the students who joined the project will participate each step to gain the experiences, including the 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 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:

Lab: cve.sjtu.edu.cn

School: http://www.agri.sjtu.edu.cn/En