Ste. Michelle Wine Estates WSU Wine Science Center

Excellent new edition to the Wine Science Center's Wine Library!

Today in the Wine Science Center: SO2 extension seminar hosted by Idaho Wine Commission and Washington Winegrowers. Presentations from V&E faculty include chemistry & analysis of SO2, practical applications in winemaking and microbial effects of SO2.

The Wine Science Center is pretty quiet.....counting down to the first day of Spring Semester 2019! See you soon Cougs! 🐾

Register now for the Spring Release Party, March 28, and try the new releases from the WSU Blended Learning student-made wine collection!

WSU Blended Learning wines presented at spring release party | WSU News | Washington State University RICHLAND, Wash. – A dinner event introducing new wines from the WSU Blended Learning student-made wine program is slated for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Budd’s Broiler in Richland, Wash. The public is invited to attend.

Today in the Wine Science Center: A visit from Urban Sketchers Tri-City. Each week this group of artists selects a community space or event to serve as inspiration for their art.

Are you interested in bringing your group to the Wine Science Center? Requests can be made via email at [email protected] or call 509-372-7223!

Thank you to the wonderful students who cleaned up and refreshed the Wine Science Center's Indicator Garden!

Wine Spectator's gift supports the build-out of the Life Sciences Teaching Lab in the Wine Science Center. In recognition of the Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation’s gift, the atrium of the Wine Science Center will be named in their honor: THE WINE SPECTATOR ATRIUM.

Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation pledges $1M to WSU Wine Science Program | WSU News | Washington State University The Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation donates $1 million to the WSU Viticulture & Enology Program for teaching labs and scholarships

WSU Tri-Cities | College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences You’ll get hands-on practice in laboratories, vineyards, and wineries and learn from professors who are national and international experts in viticulture and enology.

Today at the Wine Science Center:

Research interns extract seed and skin from 2015 and 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon grapes to measure tannins.

Scott Gundersen's amazing portrait of Chas Nagel has been installed in the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates WSU Wine Science Center! Scott spent a few day in the Tri-Cities last September putting together this incredible piece of art, using only wine corks!

Read a little more about amazing this amazing project here: http://frichettewinery.com/art-uncorked-comes-to-tri-cities/

Now happening at the Wine Science Center: Dr. Thomas Henick-Kling talking about Washington State's record harvest of 2016. Tune in to KEPR Action News tonight for the full story!

Wine Science Center a boon to state viticulture, enology industry The 40,000-sq.-ft. wine center in Richland provides viticulture and enology professionals with a teaching winery, research laboratories and classrooms.

WSU Tri-Cities students: campus will close at noon today due to weather conditions. All classes & events scheduled for noon or later are CANCELLED!

Auction of Washington Wines Donates $278,000 to WSU - Washington AG Network Auction of Washington Wines is donating $278,000 for the future of the wine industry. The donation goes to WSU’s viticulture and enology research programs and is the largest single-donor contribution to the school’s V&E program. Auction of Washington Wines has supported the school for 11 years...

Market Vineyards is supporting the WSU Wine Science Center though the Buy Local, Give Local event this Saturday, January 28th. Receive discounts and free tastings with a donation! http://www.visittri-cities.com/buy-local-give-local/

Buy Local, Give Local - Tri-Cities, Washington Hotels Kennewick Hotels Kennewick is the largest city in the Tri-Cities region, based on population MORE > Pasco Hotels Many visitors to the region arrive through the Tri-Cities Airport, which is located in Pasco MORE > Richland Hotels Richland is ranked number one on the list of “Most Relaxed Small...

BLENDED LEARNING WINE SALE! Pre-Order and pick up in Richland 10/8 & 10/15. Out of the area? Ship it or visit your local Washington State Connections store in Seattle, Everett or Spokane.

Our team is busy setting up some new equipment! These wine coolers are being installed in the sensory lab to properly store research wines for analysis.

Today is the last wine chemistry lab of the semester! Our students spent the day working on heat and cold stability, and measured color and tannin!

We are officially on Twitter! Follow us https://twitter.com/WSUWineScience

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Researchers from the WSU Viticulture Extension are currently conducting sensory analysis on wines made from viticulture field trials. The Wine Science Center's Sensory Laboratory has five evaluation booths and a large prep area where our experts prepare wine samples for analysis.

Since it's a little too early to prune our research vineyards, and we like to take breathers from grant writing, we've found our way into the sensory lab! (Doing sensory analysis on wines made from our viticulture field trials).

Tours of the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates WSU Wine Science Center are given by appointment Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm. To schedule your group, call 509-372-7223.

Terry Bates, Director and Senior Research Associate at Cornell University's Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory will present a lecture on "The SCRI Efficient Vineyard Project: Collecting and Interpreting Spatial Data for Variable Vineyard Management" at the Wine Science Center tomrrow at 4:15pm. Space is available! Register online:

Doodle: Ravenholt Lecture Series - Wednesday November 9 Please indicate your availability for this Ravenholt Lecture Series event. This RSVP is for catering planning purposes.