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6th edition of the EU WINE LAW Summer School - June 20-29, June 2016
The 6th edition of the EU Wine Law Summer School is hosted by the University of Reims School of Law as part of the Wine & Law Program - a Jean Monnet Chair.
It 's a 10-day intensive program, entirely in English, on the legal aspects of wine trade within and with the European Union.
This year, the program will focus on Intellectual Property Rights in the Wine Sector - International and comparative aspects.
For further information on the courses and the faculty members, see the Wine & Law website.
Horizon 2020
30 November 2015
The project VitiSMart of the Research Unit on Vine and Wine from Champagne (URVVC, EA 47 07) in response to the 1st FACE SURPLUS Call Sustainable and resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems has been selected for funding.
The full proposal "Toward a sustainable viticulture: improved grapevine productivity and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses by combining resistant cultivars and beneficial microorganisms" - VitiSmart - from the Research Unit on Vine and Wine from Champagne (URVVC, EA 4707) in response to the 1st FACE SURPLUS Call has been a success.
FACCE SURPLUS (Sustainable and Resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems) is committed to improve collaboration across the European Research Area in the range of diverse, but integrated, food and non-food biomass production and transformation systems, including biorefining.
The overall objectives of FACCE SURPLUS will be:
-to improve collaboration and cooperation across the European Research Area in the fields of diverse, but integrated, food and non-food biomass production and transformation systems, including biorefining.To link up and create a network of research platforms, enterprises and clusters of enterprises (as associations of family farms, sme's etc.) and facilities/research infrastructures across Europe working on the sustainable intensification of agriculture as well as focusing on innovation for increased, resilient and sustainable biomass production and product transformation processes for added value creation.
-to support innovation and value creation from biomass and biorefineries in synergy with the environmentally sustainable intensification of agricultural and other biomass production taking into account the required economic, environmental and social conditions.
The project VitiSmart hold by the URVVC gathers 9 European countries (Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Cyprus, Poland, Spain, Italy and Netherlands) and 16 research labs.
The indicative total available budget amounts to 2 417 000 € and 1 525 000 € will allowed to the project.
For further information, please contact : ea.barka@univ-reims.fr
Mastering Champagne. An In-Depth Champagne Discovery - 30 November-5 December 2015
The Champagne Discovery Course offers high-level training modules in English designed for foreign students in viti-viniculture, marketing management and economic operations.
Discover the programm of the 3rd session, to be hold from November, the 30th to December, the 5th.
For further information, please contact : regis.thibert@avizeviticampus.fr
Photo Michael Boudot
The graduation ceremony for the Diplôme Universitaire du Goût, de la Gastronomie et des Arts de la Table (DUGGAT), awarded by the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, took place on October 19th at Le Cellier (Reims), in the presence of :
M. Gilles Baillat, President of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
M. Jacques Meyer, 1st Vice-President in charge of Higher Education, Regional Council of Champagne-Ardenne
M. Pascal Labelle, Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture, City of Reims, representing M. Arnaud Robinet, Mayor of Reims and Mrs Catherine Vautrin, President of Reims Métropole
Mrs Lucette Poletti, regional inspector of National Education
M. Rémi Krug, Chairman of Hautes Etudes du Goût
Mrs Colette Padet, Director of Studies for DUGGAT
M. Gérard Boyer, Honorary Chairman of Hautes Etudes du Goût
Mrs Sylvy Morineau, Académic Director, Le Cordon Bleu Paris
Mrs Edwige Régnier, Director of Hautes Etudes du Goût
The 2014 graduates came back especially from Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Israël, Italy, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey and the United States to receive their diploma.
Demet Güzey (Turkey) is top of her class for her outstanding thesis entitled: « Food rituals and rites of passage among some of the ethnic minorities in Istanbul and reflections on food and social integration».
This ceremony took place at the same time as the 11th class of Hautes Etudes du Goût (HEG), a Le Cordon Bleu program, with 15 participants including an executive chef, pastry chefs, a researcher in agri-foods (Terreos-Syral), the founder of a gastronomic projects incubator, a sommelier, a catering company manager, a lecturer in gastronomy and culinary arts, un dietician, etc... representing 13 different nationalites : Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, India, Jordan, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland.
All united by a same desire to acquire new tools to understand the world of taste, gastronomy and the arts of the table,the program was also for them a great opportunity to exchange and learn on each other's culture and to expand their professional network.
New ambassadors of Champagne, they all expressed their satisfaction and enthusiasm after these two weeks of learning with the best food experts and this immersion into the French gastronomic culture. They now have 7 months to submit their thesis.
Photos Michel JOLYOT
2015-2018
Granting by the European Commission of a Jean MONNET Chair on European Regulation of the Wine Sector
The Wine & Law Program (www.wine-law.org) of the University of Reims is pleased to announce the granting by the European Commission of a Jean Monnet Chair on European Regulation of the Wine Sector, for the years 2015-2018.
The objective of the Chair is to promote education and research in the field of European Wine Law by developing new courses, enhancing research programs and promoting the European model of regulation of wine.
It is the first time that this distinction has been attributed to Wine Law. The holder of the Chair and Director of the Wine and law Program, Prof. Theodore Georgopoulos will give priority to international cooperation and to projects that encourage the bridging between theory and practice in the field of wine law in Europe.
Three new guest lecturers for the October 2015 course
The Hautes Etudes du Goût – Advanced Studies in Taste program is purposely built on talent and knowledge to allow students to come face to face with the most distinguished researchers, university teachers, and professionals, recognized for their expertise in their given discipline.
In addition to the fundamental teachings that make up the HEG program, each year the Educational Committee offers supplementary lectures to complement the array of topics covered during the program.
Discover three new guest lecturers invited for the 2015 program:
http://www.heg-gastronomy.com/en/news/item/316-new-guest-lecturers-2015
5th Rencontres Internationales de Reims on Sustainability Studies - 15 and 16 October 2015
The 5th Rencontres Internationales on Sustainability Studies are organized by the IRCS, Reims City Hall and the Council Chambers on October 15 and 16, 2015.
The theme of the Rencontres: Urban Agriculture: Fostering the urban-rural continuum.
Subscription at the 5th Rencontres Internationales.
For more information: website and downloadable program
Contact : ircs@univ-reims.fr
Meet Mireille Israel-Lang, DUGGAT 2012 graduate and discover her thesis on Israeli wine
Mireille Israel-Lang is a professor of history/geography, with a 30-year career in teaching. Now consultant on the cultural history of food and on culinary and gastronomic topics, discover the thesis she wrote for the Diplôme Universitaire du Goût, de la Gastronomie et des Arts de la Table (DUGGAT):
http://www.heg-gastronomy.com/en/news/item/321-best-heg-thesis-mireille-israel-lang
Hautes Etudes du Goût (HEG) has set its mission as to provide a multidisciplinary program consisting of the latest knowledge on a vast array of disciplines which, put together, define the fascinating universe of taste and gastronomic culture.
This program leads to the DUGGAT (University Diploma on Taste, Gastronomy and the Arts of the Table) delivered by the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne and is associated with 60 ECTS credits.
Applications are currently open (limited seats available).
For more information: www.heg-gastronomy.com
5TH SESSION OF THE EU WINE LAW SUMMER SCHOOL JUNE 22-27, 2015
The Law of Wine Marketing EU, US, Australia
Website: Wine & Law.
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL - JUNE 21-25, 2015
Sustainable City Region Food and Agriculture System
Organized jointly by IRCS- International Research Center on Sustainability- and SENSE – Netherlands Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment-
For further information: International Research Center on Sustainability - IATEUR - University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
"Chemical Messages in 170- year-old champagne bottles from the Baltic Sea: Revealing tastes from the past"
Avril 2015
The article "Chemical Messages in 170- year-old champagne bottles from the Baltic Sea: Revealing tastes from the past", was published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Coordination: Pr. Philippe JEANDET, Research Unit on Vine and Wines from Champagne (URVVC, EA4707), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
In close cooperation with Technische Universität München, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Molecular and atmospheric Spectrometry Group - GSMA-CNRS-UMR 7331 from URCA, Jules GUYOT Institute of Vine and Wine from the University of Burgundy, Twistaroma, Champagne producers and Champagne Houses (including Maison Veuve Clicquot).
To read the article : http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500783112
Opening of the Archives and Oral Ressources Center in the Champagne Region (May 2015)
Further information with:
documentation@villabissinger.com
The Master Viticulture & the Environment becomes an associated partner of VINIFERA Euromaster of Viticulture & Oenology (October 2014)
Website: http://vinifera-euromaster.eu
The renewed label VINIFERA in 2014 can be considered as one of the 19 best Masters in Europe.
Partners: Montpellier SupAgro (coordinator), Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Hochschule Geisenheim (Germany), consortium of the Universities of Milano, Palermo, Turino, Foggia, Sassari, consortium of universities of Udin, Padova and Verona (Italy), University of Porto, Technical University of Lisboa ISA (Portugal), Polytechnical University of Madrid ETSIA (Spain). Other partners in South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Brasil, Canada, China, USA, New Zealand, Tunisia.