News from the Department of General and Organic Viticulture

Report on the 2024 BDO Conference: ‘The wine industry – quo vadis? Dream or nightmare?’

Hochschule Geisenheim University is to become one of three locations in Hesse for a new innovation center belonging to the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research. Other cooperation partners include Justus Liebig University Giessen. The aim of the innovation center is to conduct practical…

This year, the Rheingauer Volksbank Prize was awarded to two graduates of Geisenheim's Viticulture and Enology degree program: Kira Dreis and Joachim Bumen. Dreis was honored for her innovative contribution to weed control for winegrowing on steep slopes, Bumen for his groundbreaking work on…

On July 9, 2024, Hochschule Geisenheim University presented two innovative types of agrivoltaic systems to interested members of the public, including many winegrowers. These systems are being tested as part of viticulture research at the university and offer promising solutions for climate change…

Hochschule Geisenheim University is pleased to announce that Dr. Johanna Döring has been appointed Professor of Organic Viticulture. This one-of-a-kind professorship underlines the university’s leading role in the research and teaching of organic viticulture.

The development of the digital vineyard will receive a grant of 1 million euros.

The Rudolf Hermann Foundation, based at Hochschule Geisenheim University, honored researchers in the field of viticulture and horticulture in mid-November. A €6,000 prize went to a working group at the Institute for Fruit Breeding Research at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) in Dresden-Pillnitz,…

On September 14, 2023, Ayse Asar, State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, and Dr. Martin Worms, State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Finances celebrated the construction progress on our new Beverage Technology Center and Lecture Hall Building, and joined…