On May 31, 2024, the French Academy of Agriculture visited the Colmar Biopôle, the I.U.T. Biological Engineering Department and the INRAe Center, on the theme of “Tomorrow’s vine and wine“.
In the presence of :
– members of the Académie d’agriculture de France,
– members of the Académie d’Alsace, sciences, arts et lettres,
– members of the Académies nationales de l’Est (Besançon, Dijon, Metz, Nancy,
Reims),
– teacher-researchers in the Biological Engineering Department of the Colmar IUT, Université de Haute Alsace,
– technical staff and PhD students from the Vigne Biotechnologies et Environnement Laboratory at the Colmar Biopôle, Université de Haute Alsace,
– students from IUT Colmar, Université de Haute Alsace.
Morning lectures by Hervé THIS, world-renowned as the inventor of molecular cuisine and synthetic cuisine, also known as “note-to-note cuisine”.
Didier Merdinoglu (INRAE Colmar): Does the future of viticulture lie in the genetic improvement of vines?
Marc André Selosse (Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris, Académie d’agriculture de France): Microbes to care for and protect grapevine.
Jean Louis Schlienger (University of Strasbourg, Alsace Academy): Wine and health: what remains of the French paradox?
Jean Louis Vézien (Agricultural engineer-oenologist, former director of the Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d’Alsace): Tomorrow’s wine consumer.
And
Jean-Baptiste Adam: How to adapt to a changing climate. Discussion
about, among other things, the 2019 crus:
– Riesling Grand Cru Kaefferkopf Vieilles vignes 2019
-Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Kaefferkopf Vieilles Vignes 2019
-Le Grand K Grand Cru Kaefferkopf 2019
André Fougeroux: Presentation of Redouté’s plates
Afternoon
Visit to the INRAe Colmar Center, with wine tasting to match the visit, by
visit, by Frédérique Pelsy (former President of the INRAE Colmar Center)
Tasting of experimental wines.