Current Projects
- Winery consulting and development of Extension programs.
- Webinar series with Drew Horton, University of Minnesota about wine Research and Winemaking practices. Recordings available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfUP_JVYHQtOci2Uy7DJYx5HCtAP5COTX
Check out the "Wine industry events" section for this series.
- Participation and development of workshops and roundtables about specific grape wine varieties and winemaking practices.
- Update and development of fact sheets:
- on wine faults available here: https://store.extension.iastate.edu/Product/15980,
- on grape maturity evaluation (FS49A, FS49B, FS49C, FS49D) available here: https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/16073
- Wine Wednesday workshops for Wine consumers with winemakers and Extension staff.
- Check out the "Wine industry events" section for in-person workshops offered in Fall
- Articles in the section "Let's focus on .... with Dr. Watrelot" in the newsletters of the MGWII:
- on a grape variety
- on a research/winemaking topic
Check out this published article on the "Iowa wine industry and its educational needs" article in Journal of Extension (2022): 10.34068/joe.60.01.14
View Dr. Watrelot's articles in the newsletter of the
MGWII:
Let's focus on... With Dr. Watrelot
- What happened in 2021 in Watrelot’s lab?
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/what-happened-in-2021-in-watrelots-lab/
- Using bentonite for improving red wine tannins content? (October 2021)
- Ongoing Research: Enzymes (August 2021):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/research-winemaking-focus-ongoing-research-on-enzymes/
- Ongoing Research: Grape Pomace (June 2021):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/ongoing-research-grape-pomace
- Focus on Heating treatments: Flash detente/Flash release (April 2021):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/heating-treatments-part-ii/
- Focus on Heating treatments: Thermovinification (February 2021):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/focusing-research-winemaking/
- Focus on cv.Crimson Pearl and on Carbonic maceration (December 2020):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/lets-focus-dr-watrelot-4/
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/lets-focus-dr-watrelot-3/
- Focus on cv.Itasca and on Pigments in grapes: Flavonols (October 2020):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/focusing-grape-variety-itasca/ and
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/focusing-research-winemaking-pigments-grapes-flavonols/
- Focus on cv. Frontenac and on Pigments in grapes: Anthocyanins (August 2020):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/focusing-grape-variety-frontenac/ and
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/focusing-research-winemaking-pigments-grapes-anthocyanins/
- Focus on cv. Edelweiss and on Tannins in wood (June 2020):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/focus-grape-variety-edelweiss/ and
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/research-winemaking-focus-tannins-wood/
- Focus on cv. Petite Pearl and on Tannins in grapes (Apr. 2020):
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/lets-focus-dr-watrelot-1/ and https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/lets-focus-dr-watrelot-2/
- Focus on cv. La Crescent and on White wine oxidation (Feb. 2020): https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/lets-focus-dr-watrelot-0/
- Focus on cv. Marquette and on Red wine oxidation (Dec. 2019): https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wine/lets-focus-dr-watrelot/
Here is the link to an article published in The Conversation (december 2019) about red wine dryness:
What Makes Wine Dry? ... http://theconversation.com/what-makes-wine-dry-its-easy-to-taste-but-much-harder-to-measure-123506
