Mr Steve Partridge, President
Steve is employed by an agribusiness management company, Agribusiness Research and Management (ARM) that currently manages over 1000Ha of vineyards in both Western Australia and Victoria. The company also manages a winery operation in Victoria and a large Avocado operation in the Southwest of Western Australia. Steve has been involved in the Western Australian wine Industry since 1994.
Steve is also manages the ARM vine nursery operation the biggest in Western Australia. This nursery produces between 0.5 and 1.6million plants annually. The nursery has focus on importing the best genetics for the Western Australian Wine Industry to maximise wine quality.
Prior to joining ARM steve was employed as an Industry development officer for The Department of Agriculture in Western Australia and by Wine companies in Victoria and NSW.
Steve has been involved in regional industry groups, The Western Australian Vine Improvement Association, The Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference and the Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology (ASVO) since 2000. He has held the positions of Vice president and is the Current president of the ASVO.
Ms Wendy Cameron, Vice President
Wendy Cameron joined Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard in Milawa in 1998 as Red and Fortified winemaker and is now Head of Winemaking. Brown Brothers is a family owned winery that produces a large range of innovative, varietal wines. As Head of Winemaking Wendy is responsible for the overall wine production and grape production for the company. Grapes for the Brown Brothers product range are sourced from 5 company owned vineyards and many contracted vineyards over Victoria.
Prior to joining Brown Brothers Wendy ran a small family winery business based in Victoria for six years. Wendy has a Masters degree in Biochemistry (Melbourne), Dip Ed and a degree in Wine Science from Charles Sturt University.
Wendy was a member of the 12th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference Sub Committee, then coordinated the subgroup Grape Composition and Wine Balance and chaired Colloquium 2 at the Conference.
Wendy is a member of the Charles Sturt University Course Advisory Committee. For the past three years she has been a member of the Rutherglen Wine Show Committee and in this role has been responsible for organising the Rutherglen Wine Show annual seminars. Wendy delivered a paper on Berry Colour to the Unified Grape and Wine Symposium in Sacramento recently.
Wendy has been associate judge at the Melbourne, Canberra and Rutherglen Wine Shows.
Wendy is keen to assist the role of the ASVO identifying the needs of the industry and facilitating the flow of information between viticulture, winemaking, research and development and the consumer.
Associate Professor Malcolm Allen, Secretary
Malcolm is Associate Professor in Wine Science at the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre, Wagga Wagga and has 20 years experience of wine science education. He gained a Ph.D in chemistry from Manchester University, England, then completed several years research in bio-organic chemistry in Canberra, Arizona State University and the University of British Columbia.
At Charles Sturt University, he has prepared and taught subjects in Wine Chemistry and Wine Science. He is the Course Coordinator for the undergraduate Wine Science degree course.
He and his coworkers have pioneered research into methoxypyrazine grape flavour components that are contributors, at parts per trillion level, to the grassy/herbaceous flavour of wines of the grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. This work has explored the role of climate and vine cultivation and the occurrence and possible role of methoxypyrazines other than the most abundant isobutylmethoxypyrazine.
For a number of years he has been on the Committee of ASVO as the Secretary of the Society, with a strong role in the organisation of the Oenology Seminars of the Society.
Ms Sue Caloghiris, Treasurer
Sue has been a member of the Society since November 1993.
Sue has spent 19 years in the Australian wine industry, 12 of them at The Australian Wine Research Institute. Concurrent with her employment at the AWRI, she undertook studies towards a science degree at Flinders University and also postgraduate Management studies at the University of South Australia. As former Manager of the Analytical Service Laboratory, Sue has had extensive experience with wine analysis and export, quality system management, method development and troubleshooting.
For eight years Sue has served as Chairperson and Public Officer of the Interwinery Analysis Group, an Australian based international wine proficiency testing organisation. She currently holds the positions of Treasurer and Immediate past chairperson.
She writes a regular column for a US based wine industry journal Practical Winery and Vineyard (PWV) and the Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Journal. Both columns deal with good laboratory practice and quality issues.
She currently owns and operates her own consultancy, Bibber International, based in Tanunda. She gives advice on winery laboratory issues and also coordinates winery exchanges for both young Australian winemakers looking for vintage positions overseas, and also for international winemakers seeking experience in Australian Wineries.
She is a Justice of the Peace for South Australia.
Kerry Degaris, Public Officer
Kerry is currently employed at BRL Hardy Stonehaven Winery at Naracoorte, SA, as a research viticulturist/grower liaison officer. This position entails the liasing between company vineyards and growers to improve the quality of the grapes being produced. She worked in a similar position with McWilliams Wines in the Riverina for 3 years. During the same period Kerry also worked as Industry Development officer for the Wine Grapes Marketing Board in the Riverina.
She graduated from Adelaide University in 1995 with a B.Ag.Sc, and is currently completing a M.App.Sc through Charles Sturt University. Her research has focused on the source sink relationships within Shiraz grapevines. She was awarded in 2001 an AFFA Young Rural Scientist Award, which enabled her to further progress her Masters work.
Peter Godden, Group Manager
Peter Godden has been employed by The Australian Wine Research Institute since 1997, and holds the position of Group Manager — Industry Development and Support and Winemaker. He holds a BAppSc (Wine Sci) from the University of Adelaide and on graduation won prizes for Sensory Evaluation, Wine Technology, and the David Bradley Memorial Prize. After working vintages for Mountadam and Primo Estate as part of his Roseworthy studies in 1991, he then held the position of Assistant Winemaker and Winery Manager with Primo Estate Wines until August 1995. He has worked three extended vintages for prestige producers in Europe; in 1995 for Chateau Guiraud in Sauternes, 1996 for Vietti in Barolo, and 1998 for Antinori in Tuscany. During the periods that he was not winemaking overseas in 1996 and 1997, he worked as a freelance wine educator in Adelaide for several clients including two universities, three Tafe colleges, and a leading chain of wine retailers.
Peter leads the AWRI’s extension activities including Roadshows, the Advanced Wine Assessment Course, and workshop programs for the Australian Wine Industry Technical Conferences, and instigated and led the AWRI’s closure trial and Brettanomyces project. Peter is also an owner operator of Arrivo Wine, a small high-quality producer of wines from the Nebbiolo variety, based in the Adelaide Hills.
Ms Kate Goodman
In 2001 Kate joined the YarraHill as senior winemaker, a greenfield site that has since grown into a medium sized winemaking facility. Prior to this she spent 7 years as Table Winemaker with Seppelt wines in Western Victoria. Kate has also spent numerous years working in McLaren Vale and the Clare Valley, as well as periods in France and the USA.
Kate graduated with a BApp Sc (Winemaking) from Charles Sturt University in 1994 after a period of external study and also holds a BApp Sc (Biomedical) from the University of Technology Sydney.
Kate was a member of the 12th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference organising committee. She is an active wine show judge having judged at the Melbourne, Ballarat, Rutherglen, Hobart, Sydney and the Southern Victorian Wine Shows.
Kate would like to increase the grassroots contact of the ASVO, the aim being to strengthen the link between practical viticulture and winemaking requirements with Technology and Research and Development.
Mr Russell Johnstone
Russell is Group Viticulturist for Orlando Wines and is responsible for the provision of appropriate viticulture advice to the company’s growers.
Since commencing his career in 1985, Russell has worked for S. Smith & Sons, Yalumba as Vine Improvements Officer, as Vineyard Manager for St Hallett in the Barossa Valley, and in 1990 he took up the newly created role of Viticulturist liaising between CSIRO Division of Horticulture and The Australian Wine Research Institute. During his time there Russell developed the Agrochemicals Grid for use by exporters.
In 1994 Russell joined the Orlando Wyndham Group as SA Viticulturist with grape purchasing and technical viticulture responsibilities. He was promoted to National Technical Services Manager, Viticulture in 1998 and to Group Viticulturist in 2002.
Russell has been a member of the ASVO committee since 1999 and has been the co-convenor for several highly successful seminars including Managing Bunch Rots in July 2000. Russell has served as Treasurer and now as Chair of the Committee of Management of the Journal, and the Communications sub-committee.
Russell is especially committed to the ongoing development of the Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, and to expanding benefits to members through the Journal publishers Wiley Blackwell and the Society’s website.
Mr Geoff McCorkelle
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Dr Vladimir Jiranek, Editor, Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
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Ms Philippa Pattison, Executive Officer
Philippa is the Executive Officer
Her contact details are:
GPO Box 582 Adelaide 5001, South Australia, Australia
Telephone: +61 8410 9855 Fax: +61 8 8410 9699
Mobile: +61 418 853 787
E-mail: business@asvo.com.au
Ms Mary Andrews, Administrative Assistant
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Mrs Sue Milnes, Administration Officer
Her contact details are:
GPO Box 582 Adelaide 5001, South Australia, Australia
Telephone: +61 8410 9855 Fax: +61 8 8410 9699
E-mail: admin@asvo.com.au