Lumen Summer 2013 - Flipbook - Page 14
story by Genevieve Sanchez
Wine Alumni
make a fine blend
With an international reputation for excellence in wine education, Roseworthy
Agricultural College and the University of Adelaide have produced some of the
world’s 昀椀nest viticulturists, winemakers and wine marketers.
T
he recently launched Wine Alumni
Network aims to harness this talent
to further strengthen the already
close-knit wine community.
Driven by both staff and alumni, the
network will serve as a connection
between multiple generations of staff and
students who have studied, taught and
researched viticulture, winemaking or
wine business at both Roseworthy and
Waite. Many of these alumni have gone on
to make major contributions to the wine
industry in Australia and around the world.
The inaugural Patron of the Wine Alumni
Network is Dr Patrick Iland OAM, who
has 40 years of teaching and research
experience at both Roseworthy and Waite
campuses.
Now retired from the University, Dr Iland
writes and publishes wine books with
former colleagues and graduates and
maintains links with the University through
his role as a Visiting Research Fellow.
Dr Iland says the formation of the
Network is largely due to the efforts of
Dr Paul Grbin, Senior Lecturer in the
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine; the
University of Adelaide’s Development and
Alumni Office; and a group of interested
and proactive alumni from all walks of the
wine industry.
“It’s about friendships and networking
and building a group that feels that they
belong to a larger community,” says Dr
Iland of the new network.
“In a way, this is an acknowledgement
and formalisation of the many useful
relationships that already exist between
our alumni within the wine industry.”
Wine Alumni Network members will be
kept informed through an e-newsletter
which will carry news of the activities and
achievements of alumni and of current
happenings at the University.
Dr Iland says there will also be regional
events providing opportunities for people
to get together and acknowledge the
common link between them through their
place of study.
To join the Wine Alumni Network, sign in (or request an
account) at Adelaide onLION and select “Wine Alumni”
from the Alumni Networks tab in your profile.
www.alumni.adelaide.edu.au/adelaideonlion
Below: WIne tasting at
the Waite campus.
A Taste of
the World of Wine
Written by Patrick Iland, Peter Gago,
Andrew Caillard and Peter Dry.
A Taste of the World of Wine is
a comprehensive, enjoyable and
practical guide that takes the
reader on a journey through the
world of viticulture, winemaking,
wine tasting and an appreciation of
the major wine styles of the world.
The book contains 212 pages of
informative text, maps, wine style
guides and over 300 photographs.
It won international acclaim in 2010
by being awarded an OIV award
for the best book in the category
‘Discovering and presenting
wine’. It is a great read for anyone
interested in wine.
By purchasing the book, you will be
supporting the Wine Alumni as the
publishers and authors are donating
$20 from every sale to the Wine
Alumni Network for use in Network
programs.
The book can be
purchased from the website:
www.piwpwinebooks.com.au
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