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Survey on "Online Wine Tastings"
[Translate to English:] Bildquelle: Tina Kissinger

In cooperation with WineTourism.com, Hochschule Geisenheim University is conducting an international survey on "Online Wine Tastings".

At present, online wine tastings are frequently debated in the wine industry but it is still too early to assess the potential of online tastings and make recommendations. Therefore, we hope that this survey will help to better understand the topic ...

Successful WOW In-Class & Online Seminar: Future Challenges in the Wine Industry
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At the beginning of December, the WOW Project – a new cooperation between Hochschule Geisenheim University and the University of West Attica in Athens (UNIWA) focusing on "Future Challenges in Viticulture, Enology and Wine Industry" – was ...

Barbara Richter M.Sc. Receives OIV Research Scholarship
© Barbara Richter, M.Sc.

Hochschule Geisenheim University’s doctoral student receives financial support for her research on strategic cooperations in the wine sector.

 

Each year, the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) awards research scholarships as part of their strategy plan to support priority programs. The OIV is an intergovernmental organization of scientific and technical nature with recognized ...

Wine in Virtual Reality – Simulating the Vacation Feeling
Source: Promotional video of Hochschule Geisenheim University

Geisenheim researchers are simulating wine tasting situations in virtual realities as part of the joint project WITALITY – Wine in Virtual Reality

When wine professionals taste wines under standardized conditions in a laboratory booth, they reach an objective conclusion. But would consumers always be of the same opinion? Or is it rather the situation in which the wine is consumed that mostly ...

Marion Waldeck Remains Chancellor at Hochschule Geisenheim University

The Head of Administration of the Rheingau-based higher education and research institution, who has held the office since 2015, received her new certificate of appointment on Wednesday January 13, 2021, from Ayse Asar, State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts (HMWK). Marion Waldeck will hold the office for further six years.

 

In September 2020, the Academic Senate already approved the proposal put forward by the President of Hochschule Geisenheim University, Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz, to appoint the current Chancellor Marion Waldeck, MBA, for a second term of office. ...

Cooperation on Wine Tourism with Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Source: Maria Vassiliadu (DGV, Thessaloniki)

On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Prof. Dr. Gergely Szolnoki, Professor for Market Research at Hochschule Geisenheim University, advises the members of the German-Greek Assembly (DGV) as an external expert on wine tourism.

 

The DGV is chaired by the Parliamentary State Secretary Norbert Barthle, MP, and was founded ten years ago to promote economic relations between Germany and Greece. Together with the DGV, Szolnoki organized an official visit to Baden on October ...

Hochschule Geisenheim University Becomes Application Partner in Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence
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The new Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence, funded by the State of Hesse, brings together cutting-edge research, practical orientation and knowledge transfer to industry and society in a way that is unique in Germany. As an application partner, Hochschule Geisenheim University is part of the center.

Excellent basic research, providing answers to today’s important challenges and transferring the knowledge to industry and society – that is the mission of the new Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI Center Hesse), funded by the State of ...

Apple Research at Hochschule Geisenheim University
PINOVA © Department of Pomology

In 2018/19, 25.5 kilos of apples were consumed per person in Germany – either as fresh fruit or as fruit products such as compote or juice. Apples are grown on 33,966 hectares throughout the country. On the German Apples Day on January 11, we give ...

Important infomation on face-to-face teaching by HGU's vice-president of academic & student affairs

Dear students, dear lecturers,


In my emails of December 14, 2020 and January 7, 2021, I informed you of our temporary decision to forego face-to-face classes as a measure to limit contact during the Corona pandemic. We made this decision as a ...

Gesellschaft zur Förderungen der Hochschule Geisenheim (GFHG) Decides on Distribution of Funds for 2021
Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Jung, 1st Chairman of the GFHG

This year's general meeting of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Hochschule Geisenheim e. V. (GFHG) – association to promote Hochschule Geisenheim University – took place online on December 18, 2020, and was chaired by Dr. Franz-Josef Jung, 1st ...