Trust provides funding for initiatives to benefit NZ wine
‘Trust provides funding for two initiatives to
benefit New Zealand wine industry’
The
Cresswell Jackson New Zealand Wine Trust has awarded funding
for two University of Otago projects, both designed to
benefit the country’s wine industry.
The first
was awarded to Associate Professor David J Burritt of the
Department of Botany to undertake research concerning the
process of extracting phenolics during the winemaking
process. Professor Burritt said, "The wine industry is
incredibly important to the New Zealand economy. We are very
grateful to receive this grant, which will be used to
support our research investigating the potential for pulsed
electric fields (PEF) technology to be used in the New
Zealand wine industry."
The second successful
application was from the Centre for Science Communication,
Stuart Professor of Science Communication, Lloyd Spencer
Davis, to look into how the industry can better communicate
the positive part that science plays in the creation of
quality wines. Professor Davis said, “I am thrilled to
receive funding from the Cresswell Jackson New Zealand Wine
Trust. This support will allow us to film key components of
a documentary that showcases the science and innovation of
the New Zealand Wine Industry.”
The Cresswell
Jackson New Zealand Wine Trust was set up by the directors
of Wine Competition Ltd to receive proceeds from auctioning
unopened bottles of wine not required during the judging of
the company’s two wine shows – the Spiegelau
International Wine Competition and the Marlborough Wine
Show.
ENDS