August 8, 2025 (Davis, CA) — Professor James Osborne has been confirmed because the president of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) for 2025-2026. Dr. Osborne, Director of the Oregon Wine Analysis Institute and professor within the Division of Meals Science & Know-how at Oregon State College, Corvallis, succeeds Michelle Moyer from Washington State College, Prosser.
“I’m honored to steer ASEV as we proceed advancing the science that drives our neighborhood ahead,” stated Dr. Osborne. “ASEV bridges the hole between groundbreaking analysis and real-world software, fostering collaboration that advantages everybody from researchers to growers to winemakers. I’m excited to work with this proficient board to sort out the challenges and alternatives forward.”
Dr. Osborne has intensive experience in enology, with explicit concentrate on wine microbiology. His analysis program at Oregon State College addresses the influence of microorganisms on wine high quality with an emphasis on non-Saccharomyces yeast, malolactic fermentation, and wine spoilage by Brettanomyces and Pediococcus. He earned his PhD in Meals Science from Washington State College in 2005 and his grasp’s diploma in microbiology from Massey College in New Zealand in 2000.
An ASEV member since 2001, Dr. Osborne has demonstrated distinctive management and dedication to the Society. He served as ASEV Director (2019-2022), Secretary-Treasurer (2022-2023), Second Vice President (2023-2024) and First Vice President (2024-2025). His intensive ASEV contributions embrace serving on the technical packages committee, awards committee, and chairing the very best pupil presentation awards committee. He has been an everyday American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (AJEV) reviewer since 2006 and has served as each moderator and speaker at Nationwide Conferences since 2007. Dr. Osborne additionally co-chaired the Brettanomyces Symposium in 2018 and contributed to technical program committees for worldwide symposiums.
ASEV’s Board of Administrators for 2025-2026 additionally consists of:
- First Vice President – Kristen Barnhisel: Winemaker, White Wine at J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines in Monterey, California
- Second Vice President – Federico Casassa: Affiliate Professor at California Polytechnic State College, San Luis Obispo
- Secretary-Treasurer – Lise Asimont: Viticulturist/Winemaker at Foley Household Wines and Dot Wine in Healdsburg, California
- Science Editor – Markus Keller: Professor / Chateau Ste. Michelle Distinguished Professor in Viticulture at Washington State College, Prosser
- Technical Program Director – Hans Walter-Peterson: Viticulture Extension Specialist at Cornell College, New York
Administrators:
- Leticia Chacón-Rodríguez: Vineyard Supervisor / Winemaker on the College of California, Davis
- Bob Coleman: Technical Winemaker at Treasury Wine Estates in California
- *Alec Levin: Affiliate Professor at Oregon State College in Central Level, Oregon, and Viticulturist on the Southern Oregon Analysis and Extension Middle
- *Caroline Merrell: Senior Supervisor, Winemaking Technical Providers at Jackson Household Wines in Napa, California
- Elizabeth Tomasino: Enology Professor at Oregon State College, Corvallis
- *Aude Watrelot: Assistant Professor & Extension Enology Specialist at Iowa State College, Ames
*newly confirmed administrators
As a world neighborhood of wine and grape professionals, ASEV promotes business vitality by means of the trade of data and help of analysis and schooling. We host quite a lot of platforms for the dissemination of primary and utilized analysis in addition to the examination of rising points shaping the business, together with the annual Nationwide Convention in June and the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, co-hosted with the California Affiliation of Winegrape Growers. The Society additionally operates the ASEV Basis, which offers scholarships and academic alternatives for college kids and professionals in enology and viticulture. For extra info, go to asev.org.
