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New Enology Team at Virginia Tech
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lacksburg, Va.—Just in time for
harvest, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has a full
enology team in place. Starting Aug. 12,
Dr. Amanda Stewart assumed the position
of assistant professor of enology and fermentation in the Department of Food Sciences at Virginia Tech, wher she will work
closely with Molly Kelly, who assumed
responsibility for the department's enology extension programs Dec. 25, 2012.
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University. Her graduate research involved
When Dr. Bruce Zoecklein retired in 2010
yeast assimible-nitrogen and amino acid
as professor of food science and technology,
profiles in wine grapes of the East.
the administration decided his position
Kelly came to Virginia Tech from
should be replaced with two
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Surry County Community College
faculty positions: one for enology
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in Dobson, N.C., where she develextension and another for enology
"Stewart Tech."
oped the enology curriculum and
teaching and research.
managed the college's 1,000-case bonded
Stewart will also look for ways to work
winery. Kelly's research has focused on the
with the subjects of wine and health with
aroma composition of Petit Manseng.
the university's department of nutrition.She
—Linda Jones McKee
holds a Ph.D. in food science from Purdue
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