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Practical Research Project VitiFIT launched
The consortium poses with Federal Minister for Agriculture Julia Klöckner at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) Photo credit: BMEL

German Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner handed over a grant amounting to 6.3 million euros to finance a major five-year joint project focusing on vine health preservation in organic viticulture

Berlin, Geisenheim September 10, 2019


The number of organically cultivated vineyards has grown steadily in recent years. An increasing number of winegrowers are interested in this topic and have started to change their practices, and the results are ...

Thousands explore Hochschule Geisenheim University at its Open Campus Day 2019
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Experiencing science with all the senses: a wide range of attractions delights both young and old, experts and laypeople

Around 6,000 visitors availed of the opportunity to experience science with all their senses when they attended Hochschule Geisenheim University's Open Campus weekend on September 7 - 8, 2019. More than 100 exhibits, guided tours and hands-on ...

Botanical Specialities in Hardiness Zone 8a: Park Tours at Open Campus 2019
Professor Alexander von Birgelen in the park at Villa Monrepos

"The parks surrounding the University are basically a huge open-air laboratory", explained Alexander von Birgelen, Professor of Planting Design and head of the park maintenance team at Hochschule Geisenheim University. Last weekend he took interested ...

48th Annual Conference of the Society for Plastics in Agriculture (Gesellschaft für Kunststoffe im Landbau e.V)

"Sustainability in horticultural and agricultural processes" is the theme of the 48th Annual Conference of the Society for Plastics in Agriculture, which is hosted this year by FVG Folien-Vertriebs GmbH in Dernbach in Westerwald.

A presentation by Prof. Judith Kreyenschmidt has the title "Intelligent and active packaging - a contribution to sustainable Food production"

Climate Change Challenges for the Wine Industry

Conference organized by the Geisenheim Institut of Continuing Education highlights challenges in viticulture and winemaking in view of temperature rises and extreme weather events and offers practical management strategies for participants.

Climate change poses many problems for vintners; not only rising temperatures but also increasing numbers of extreme weather. In a conference organized by the Geisenheim Institute of Continuing Education, scientists from Hochschule Geisenheim ...

First conference in the program "Bauen für den Winzer" (Building for the Vintner)
© Roger Baumeister

Successful start of a new program at the Geisenheim Institute of Continuing Education

Whether it is a new construction, conversion or the renovation of existing buildings: sooner or later many wineries are confronted with the topic of "building". The Geisenheim Institute of Continuing Education (GIW) is addressing this topic in its ...

Cooperation Agreement with Leading Partners in the Field of Digitalization
© Photo Cooperation agreement: Hochschule Geisenheim University – from left Tobias Scholl (Weinbau Online), Hochschule Geisenheim University President, Prof. Hans Reiner Schultz, Prof. Simone Loose, Johannes Finze (Euvino)

Digitalization is playing an ever increasing role in Hochschule Geisenheim University's applied research and practice-oriented teaching.

In autumn 2018 the university concluded cooperation agreements with two leading companies in the digital wine industry: Weinbau Online based in Mainz and EuvinoPro in Berlin.


Weinbau Online and its CEO Tobias Scholl provide cloud software for ...

Joint doctorate Adelaide-Geisenheim receives prestigious international awards
Image: Dr. Martin Hirche

Former Geisenheimer, Dr. Martin Hirche is delighted by international recognition of his doctorate in marketing, completed at the end of 2018 at University of South Australia (UniSA).

In August, Hirche received a third international prize for his work, in which he analyzed sales data from almost ten thousand products. The doctoral research was supervised by a team of scientists from UniSA and Prof. Simone Loose from Hochschule ...

Floral Vegetation in Steep-Slope Viticulture
Floral diversity in a new vineyard; Image: Gilbert Laquai

Hochschule Geisenheim University research project aims to show how new terraced vineyards can be efficiently planted with cover crops which also help in nature conservation.

The aim is to plant vegetation on the terraces to prevent erosion and provide habitats rich in species. In 2018 various seed mixtures were sown in new vineyards in the Middle Rhine Valley wine region, and the results are attracting the attention of ...

German wine culture could receive UNESCO cultural heritage status

The German Wine Institute hopes that German wine culture could be listed as an intangible UNESCO cultural heritage in order to raise public awareness as well as acknowledge the efforts of all involved in the area.

Cast your vote here www.deutscheweine.de by September 30, 2019.

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