Some photos courtesy of UC Davis V&E Department I know you expect this to be an article about my visit east to Jerusalem or Mecca. My holy land is located 3,000 plus miles west from my home in New York City and it is known as the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, Davis, located Francisco Airport to Davis and as I drove I remembered the last time I had been there, when James Guymon ran the spirits program story in the Les Amis du Vin Magazine. How could I be so sure of the time? I did not remember the exact date until I met Roger B. Boulton, Professor & Chemical Engineer
Department of Viticulture and Enology another retiring professor as well as teach Jim Guymon’s classes since he also was retiring.” Dr. Boulton studies the chemical and biochemical engineering aspects of winemaking and distilled spirits production. He received both his Bachelor’s and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Even after more stand out. Viticulture is the cultivation or culture of grapes and Enology is the science that deals
with wine and wine making. I remember meeting Maynard Amarine, Harold Olmo and Ann Noble, people I worshiped as I moved my way up the ladder in this most wondrous of professions. Unfortunately, Boulton sure is and he very generously gave me almost three hours of his time touring me around the beautiful new Robert Mondavi Institute, located behind the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. In 2001 the to the university for the establishment of the Robert Mondavi Institute of Wine and There are three academic buildings that
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