Learning Through the Grapevine
It doesn’t look like a typical science classroom. But in the summer, a sunny vineyard is a welcome change for students from both UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver, who come together at various B.C. vineyards to learn about growing grapes for wine.
The Science Behind a Good Bottle of Wine
“Wine is a globally competitive business. Wineries need to meet a certain level of quality in order to be successful in the market,” said Simone Castellarin, Canada Research Chair, Viticulture & Plant Genomics and an Assistant Professor in the UBC Wine Research Centre. “Science can provide growers with research that can help them improve the […]
Vancouver Magazine: The Wine Doctor
UBC is home to many a strange room, but few are so unexpected as the Wine Library. Row after row of bottles sit, quietly aging, in the name of science.
Veni, vidi, viticulture
Simone Castellarin grew up in the vineyards of Northern Italy. Now he wants to share his wine-growing knowledge with B.C. growers.
Dr Hennie van Vuuren Invited to Ottawa by CFI
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) invited Dr. Hennie van Vuuren, Director of the UBC Wine Research Centre, to take part in a special networking opportunity on Parliament Hill in February.
Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Agriculture Visits Wine Research Centre
Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Agriculture Derek Sturko toured the Wine Research Centre in March, 2013.
Wine Research Centre honoured by the Canada Science and Technology Museums
Dr. van Vuuren was honoured by the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation in Ottawa for major scientific breakthroughs in his laboratory that will prevent the formation of neurotoxins and carcinogens in wine.
Canadian Business: Wine headaches: That glass of Cabernet at lunch may hurt
What is it about wine, especially red wine, that makes as much as a third of humanity unable to drink it without getting a headache? We’re not talking about a hangover here. Drinking just one glass can trigger immediate discomfort, raise blood pressure or morph into a days-long migraine. Until the 1980s, red wine headache, […]
Vancouver Sun: UBC studies Chardonnay grape genes to track down best one for BC
Buying a bad bottle of Chardonnay laced with bitter tannins may soon be a thing of the past if Hennie van Vuuren has his way. In what is believed to be the first project of its kind, van Vuuren and the Wine Research Centre at the University of British Columbia will map the genes of […]