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Prize Award for Concept Ideas on the Historical Show Vineyard of Eberbach Monastery
Source: Tina Kissinger

Students of Landscape Architecture Provide Concepts for Future Use of the Spitalberg

The Foundation Kloster Eberbach as well as the Hessische Staatsweingüter (Hessian State Wineries) GmbH Kloster Eberbach in cooperation with SlowFood Rheingau and the Verein zur Förderung des Historischen Weinbaues im Rheingau e.V. (Association for ...

Viticulture in (climate) change: challenges for production and the product
Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz and Prof. Dr. Alain Blanchard.

Experts from Hochschule Geisenheim University, the Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin of the University of Bordeaux and the OIV - Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin discussed the problems and opportunities for the wine sector in Brussels.

Wine has long outgrown its classic growing regions, with wineries operating as successful businesses in countries where they were regarded as a curiosity just a few decades ago. In addition to globalization, climate change is the main driver of this ...

22nd International Geisenheim Conference on Grapevine Propagation
Source: Winfried Schönbach

An event offering a unique international platform for experience exchange

 

Over 160 participants from 20 countries showed considerable interest in the International Geisenheim Conference on Grapevine Propagation which was held at Hochschule Geisenheim University from 28 – 30 June 2018.


The introduction of the phylloxera ...

Steillagen-Allianz

Scientists and winegrowers cooperate to make steep slope viticulture fit for the future

For centuries steep slope vineyards have been a dominant feature of the majority of cultural riverscapes. These unique landscapes and their winegrowers face major challenges within the context of climatic developments, the massive loss of ...

Summer School "Cover Materials for Greenhouses": Call for Students

Greek-German Research and Teaching Network: Productivity, Future and Environmental Compatibility of Protected Cultivation – ZuGAbe – offers a Summer School on Cover Materials for Greenhouses from September 24 - 30, 2018 at the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

In the framework of a collaboration project between Hochschule Geisenheim University (HGU) and the University of Thessaly (UTH) called ZuGAbe, a summer school on Cover Materials for Greenhouses will take place between the 24th and the 30th of ...

Hochschule Geisenheim University signs ‘Family at University’ Charta
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University president Prof. Dr. Hans Reiner Schultz: “The compatibility of family and study or career is one of our primary concerns and thus forms an integral part of our university development strategy.”

Hochschule Geisenheim University supports students and staff to help them achieve the best possible balance between their academic or professional careers and the needs of their families. It promotes family-oriented working conditions and helps ...

Visit from the north

Students from Denmark visit our university

From June 4 to 6, 2018, our university was visited by students of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Copenhagen. The 20 students from Denmark were from the fields of nutritional science, food technology and agricultural science and met ...

50th Anniversary of Geisenheim’s Rheingau Stadium

Exciting football event between the Weisweiler Eleven, the German Wine Eleven and our university team FC Campus

On May 18 2018 the Geisenheim Weingau Stadium hosted a unique university sporting occasion to celebrate its 50th anniversary. University sports coodinator Laura Nelles invited the Weisweiler Elf – the renowned veteran team from Borussia ...

Winegrowers from eight nations establish a European wine and football association (UENFW) based at Hochschule Geisenheim University

Former Federal Minister Dr. Franz Josef Jung voted honorary president and Robert Lönarz first president

The “Union of European national football teams of winemakers e.V.” (UENFW) was launched at the Apače wine estate of Danilo Steyer, president of the Slovenian wine and football association, during the European winegrowers' football championship ...