20 June 1984 Canterbury wine showcased at international conference

Twelve bottles of Canterbury wine are on the way to an international conference on viticulture and enology being held next week in the United States, carried by Dr David Jackson, Reader in Horticulture at Lincoln College.
Six of the bottles are Lincoln College wine, and six are from the St Helena Wine Estate near Belfast.
There are two reds, Pinot noir and Blauburger, and one white, Riesling, for an international wine tasting at the conference.
Dr Jackson has been a prime mover in viticulture in Canterbury viticulture and is a winemaking enthusiast.
He said the conference, to be held at Eugene in Oregon, would be the first ever on cool climate viticulture and enology.
New Zealand along with the United States, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, the Soviet Union, Canada, Australia and England will be represented at the conference, from Monday June 25 to Friday June 29.
Dr Jackson, a pioneer of winegrowing in Canterbury, began trials of wine grapes at Lincoln College in 1973.
He started his wine grape evaluation program at the college with 15 varieties on a quarter of a hectare.
Now he has 50 to 60 varieties of wine grape growing in the research vineyard at the college.
His trials have expanded to take in assessment of grapes for dessert and juice, as well as for wine.

Further information from Dr David Jackson, Department of Horticulture, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand.