Building a professional network with tannin researchers in the US and presentation at the 65th ASEV National Conference in Austin, Texas

Abstract

The award of this travel grant provided Ms Peta Faulkner from the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) the opportunity to attend the 65th American Society of Enology and Viticulture National Conference in Austin, Texas (USA) from the 23rd – 27th June 2014. Ms Faulkner presented research outcomes from a Wine Australia funded project investigation tannin structure at an Enology – Wine Tannin Chemistry session alongside collaborators Dr Rachel Kilmister (DEPI) and Dr Jim Harbertson (Washington State University). Attendance at the conference facilitated discussions and the cultivation of collaborative networks that will be incorporated into current methodology and research projects on tannin research.

Summary

Peta Faulkner is a Senior Technical Officer working in grape and wine research at the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI), supervised by Dr Rachel Kilmister. Ms Faulkner attended the 65th American Society of Enology and Viticulture National Conference to present an oral presentation based on a submitted abstract “Structural Characterisation of Tannin Polymers by Small Angle X-ray Scattering” (Appendix 1)