Walker Bartz (left) is a master’s student and Amanda Fleming is a Ph.D. student, both in food science.
Amanda Fleming and Walker Bartz, both food science graduate students, have been selected to receive national fellowships from the American Society of Enology and Viticulture.
Fleming received the ASEV James Wolpert Scholarship, which costs $7,500, and Bartz received the ASEV Scholarship, which costs $3,500. Fleming also received the 2021 ASEV Presidents Award.
The ASEV Board of Directors created the Wolpert Scholarship to honor the celebrated extension specialist, who worked at UC Davis for three decades and was a former ASEV president and Award of Merit winner. This award is given to one student per year who plans to pursue a career in enology or viticulture extension.
Fleming is a Ph.D. student and Bartz is a master’s student, both in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.
Fleming’s dissertation is “Investigating Quality Attributes and Winemaking Methods of Grapes Grown in Arkansas.”
Bartz’s thesis is “Investigating Grape Quality and Consumer Perception (Vitis) Wine in alternative packaging.”
Both students work under the supervision of Renee Threlfall, enology and viticulture (winemaking and grape growing) research scientist in the Department of Food Science. She is a research scientist at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the U of A System Division of Agriculture.
He teaches the class Uncorked: Vines to Wines, and his research focuses on special crops with specialization in oenology and viticulture, as well as the processing of small fruits (grapes, blackberries, strawberries, peaches, etc.).
ASEV is dedicated to the interests of winemakers, winegrowers and others in the areas of wine and grape research and production around the world. Members include professionals from wineries, vineyards, academic institutions and organizations.
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