Roadshows

ROMEO BRAGATO CONFERENCE 2012

Hill Laboratories is a partner sponsor of the 18th Annual Romeo Bragato Conference held at the  Marlborough Convention Centre in, Blenheim from 22-24 August 2012. Our Resident Oenologist Kirsten Creasy will be there along with some of our other team members.

For more information on Romeo Bragato please visit: www.bragato.org.nz

National Agricultural Fieldays  2012

Hill Laboratories will have a significant presence at the National Agricultural Fieldays for 2012 at Mystery Creek, Hamilton. This year Hills will be based in the Premier Feature area (indoors) at site PFA. This year we will have more of a focus on our Wine Testing, so If you’re attending the Fieldays, come and say hello!

For more information on the Fieldays visit:  www.fieldays.co.nz

Past Roadshows:

Auckland roadshow

Where: NZ Winegrowers, Level 3, Hamburg Sud House, 52 Symonds Street, Auckland

When: Monday 12th March, 2.30pm-4.00pm

Topics: 

• New to NZ - PCR Rapid DNA Analysis of Grapes, Juice or Wine
• Use of PCR in the winery
• Brett research
• Grape analyses

 

Central Otago roadshow

Where:  Loburn Room, Cromwell Presbyterian Church, 10 Elspeth St, Cromwell, (Between New World and Mitre 10)

When:  Monday 19th March, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Topics:

• New to NZ - PCR Rapid DNA Analysis of Grapes, Juice or Wine
• Use of PCR in the winery
• Brett research
• Grape analyses

 

February 2012 – Summer Lecture Series

Highlights

Highlights video containing the main points made during the Summer Lecture series this year. Video contains the highlights of Richard De Scenzo speaking about Rapid DNA PCR and Kirsten Creasy talking about the Vine to Vintage service

 

Richard De Scenzo Rapid DNA Scorpions PCR testing.

In this 30 minute video taken from the summer lecture series learn more about the benefits of Rapid DNA Scorpions PCR testing for your winery.   Richard De Scenzo from ETS California travels to Blenheim to take us through the added value of testing wine using Rapid DNA, how this testing is a very powerful new tool that can be used on conjunction with trdaitional micro to better understand fermentation’s and to control the presence of covert and overt spoilage organisms in wine.

 

Kirsten Creasy an Introduction to Vine to Vintage wine testing

This 30 minute video is also taken from the summer lecture series.  It provides a good overview of the new testing service specially designed by Hill laboratories and ETS  for wine makers in New Zealand.  The video covers an overview of Vine to Vintage, how to send in samples, where to get more information and also provides the viewer with some real life examples of the sort of results generated.