BRIAN CROSER
PASCALE DENEULIN Wine Australia’s deputy chairman began his career as a winemaker in 1969. In the early 1970s Brian attended the University of California at Davis for a masters program and went on to establish the wine science program at Charles Sturt University. Croser will address The importance of a sense of place in selling Australian wines on Monday in Session 3.
TONY D’ALOISIO The president of the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia is a past ASIC commissioner and chairman and former managing director and chief executive officer of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Tony is an owner and director of Oakridge Wines in the Yarra Valley. D’Aloisio will give a wrap-up of industry opportunity on Monday in Session 2.
MARTIN DAY Research Scientist at the Australian Wine Research Institute. Before joining the AWRI, Day worked several vintages in both northern and southern hemispheres. Day’s involvement in wine authenticity started during his PhD studies in the early 1990s. Day is Chief Investigator in the authenticity projects at the AWRI and recently completed the largest analytical survey of strontium isotope ratios in wine from across Australia. Day will address Measuring up authentication: analytical tools to test wine provenance on Wednesday in Session 9.
A professor and head of the sensory lab at Changins – University of Viticulture and Enology in Switzerland since 2012. Her research interests are wine perception from both consumers and trained panels. Currently, she is working on the concept of minerality in wine. This project aims to define what minerality means, from the point of view of mental concepts, sensory and chemical characteristics. Deneulin will address Minerality in wine on Wednesday in Session 8.
FIONA DONALD Graduated from Roseworthy Agricultural College and the University of Adelaide with qualifications in Oenology and Management. Donald started her winemaking career in 1991. Fiona is currently Senior Winemaker at Seppeltsfield Wines in the Barossa Valley where she has worked since 2009 and is part of the team resurrecting the famous 1888 Gravity Flow Winery. Donald will address Unique Australian offerings beyond the single vineyard on Monday in Session 3.
PETER DRY A viticultural scientist for more than 40 years and author of more than 270 scientific and technical publications, he has a strong commitment to the communication of research and technical information to grapegrowers and winemakers. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology and was the 2014 recipient of the McWilliam’s Wines Maurice O’Shea Award. Dry will address Understanding the components of terroir on Tuesday in Session 4.
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