Autumn School – “Vinifera/Newclim – Georgia 2025” Opened at GTU
06-10-2025
The Autumn School - “Vinifera/Newclim - Georgia 2025” was opened at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies of Georgian Technical University. It is organized by the Georgian Technical University, L'institut Agro Montpellier (France), and Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University. The event is supported financially by the Franco-Georgian University (UFG).
The Autumn School’s theme is “Wine, Climate and Change: Developing Sustainability in Georgian Viticulture.” It brings together over 20 master’s and doctoral students from Georgia and Europe with backgrounds in agronomy, viticulture, plant sciences, technology, agro-food sciences, or related disciplines.
According to the Vice-Rector of Georgian Technical University, “Vinifera/NewClim - Georgia 2025” is an interdisciplinary platform. It combines the scientific findings of the Vinifera EuroMaster (EMaVE) program and the transformative approaches of NewClim. The initiative aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges posed by climate change. It employs an integrated approach that combines innovation, cultural traditions, and local engagement. As Professor Tamar Tsereteli notes, planned field visits and interdisciplinary cooperation projects will provide a basis for climate change response strategies. They will also help implement sustainable approaches in Georgia’s viticulture and winemaking regions. These activities contribute to preserving and renewing viticulture and enology practices tailored to national specifics.
“Vinifera/NewClim - Georgia 2025” is an international academic platform that is important both for our university and for the Georgian viticulture and winemaking sector. The theme of this year’s Autumn School - “Wine, Climate and Change: Developing Sustainability in Georgian Viticulture” - highlights the challenge facing the modern scientific community. We are pleased that the Georgian Technical University, with the participation of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies, is hosting this innovative educational project together with its partners. It is important to note that our university has been actively participating in the activities of the EMaVE consortium for many years, which promotes the development of double-degree educational programs, international mobility, and the integration of innovative knowledge into the educational process. At the same time, the involvement of the NewClim project in this process demonstrates the growing need to integrate important challenges related to climate change into the higher education system, and especially focuses on the principles of sustainable development, raising ecological awareness, and forming a responsible attitude towards the climate. This approach is consistent with the paradigm of modern environmental education, which implies structuring educational programs in such a way that students, in parallel with receiving theoretical knowledge about climate change, form a vision and acquire practical skills to respond to environmental challenges, adapt, and make sustainable decisions,” said Tamar Tsereteli.
According to the head of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies of the Georgian Technical University, last year, five graduates of the English-language master’s program in viticulture and enology Vinifera EuroMaster, along with the academic degree of the Georgian Technical University, received academic degrees from five leading European universities - Montpellier Supagro (France), Udine (Italy), Geisenheim (Germany), Madrid Polytechnic (Spain), Turin (Italy). As Professor Liana Targamadze states, one of the prestigious English-language international master’s programs of the European Union Vinifera EuroMaster operates on the basis of Montpellier Supagro, which is hosted by the French highly qualified training and research center in the agro-sector and climate change L’Institute Agro Montpellier.
According to her, it is noteworthy that the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies Technology of the Georgian Technical University implements an English-language master’s program in viticulture and winemaking, within the framework of which students have the opportunity to receive two diplomas - both from the Georgian Technical University and from Vinifera EuroMaster partner universities.
“Georgian Technical University is represented in the Vinifera EuroMaster program as a full partner. Integration creates a unique opportunity for Georgian students to receive interdisciplinary education in the field of viticulture and winemaking, agroecology, and climate-sustainable approaches in an international academic environment. Within the framework of the program, our students receive two diplomas - from the Georgian Technical University and one of five partner universities in Europe- and actively participate in field research and international projects, which significantly strengthen their scientific and professional potential. Lectures, thematic seminars, field visits, and interdisciplinary projects planned within the framework of the autumn school significantly serve to develop such competencies as systems thinking, environmental responsibility, integration of local knowledge, and the ability to cooperate internationally. It is important that “Vinifera/NewClim - Georgia 2025” is held at the Georgian Technical University, which not only speaks of institutional readiness but also emphasizes Georgia’s positioning in the context of wine culture and climate-sensitive agricultural systems. It is a priority for us that this autumn school becomes a catalyst for knowledge exchange, strengthening innovation and promoting sustainable development in the field of viticulture and winemaking,” said Liana Targamadze.
The Autumn School - “Vinifera/Newclim - Georgia 2025” will be held at the Georgian Technical University for 4 days.
The event will feature the following participants: Dr. Patrice Lalleman - EMaVE Master Program Manager (France); Dr., Professor An Pellegrino - Ecophysiology Department (Institut Agro Montpellier, France); Dr. Charlie Romier - Physiology Researcher (Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - INRAE, Montpellier, France); Dr., Professor Pascal Wegmann - Head of the Oenology Research Department (Weincampus Neustadt, Germany); Dr., Professor David Maghradze - Viticulture-Environmental Department of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies of the Georgian Technical University; Dr. Roland Burdiashvili - Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi University; Dr. Manuchar Meskhidze - GWS Company and Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi University.
The Autumn School’s theme is “Wine, Climate and Change: Developing Sustainability in Georgian Viticulture.” It brings together over 20 master’s and doctoral students from Georgia and Europe with backgrounds in agronomy, viticulture, plant sciences, technology, agro-food sciences, or related disciplines.
According to the Vice-Rector of Georgian Technical University, “Vinifera/NewClim - Georgia 2025” is an interdisciplinary platform. It combines the scientific findings of the Vinifera EuroMaster (EMaVE) program and the transformative approaches of NewClim. The initiative aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges posed by climate change. It employs an integrated approach that combines innovation, cultural traditions, and local engagement. As Professor Tamar Tsereteli notes, planned field visits and interdisciplinary cooperation projects will provide a basis for climate change response strategies. They will also help implement sustainable approaches in Georgia’s viticulture and winemaking regions. These activities contribute to preserving and renewing viticulture and enology practices tailored to national specifics.
“Vinifera/NewClim - Georgia 2025” is an international academic platform that is important both for our university and for the Georgian viticulture and winemaking sector. The theme of this year’s Autumn School - “Wine, Climate and Change: Developing Sustainability in Georgian Viticulture” - highlights the challenge facing the modern scientific community. We are pleased that the Georgian Technical University, with the participation of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies, is hosting this innovative educational project together with its partners. It is important to note that our university has been actively participating in the activities of the EMaVE consortium for many years, which promotes the development of double-degree educational programs, international mobility, and the integration of innovative knowledge into the educational process. At the same time, the involvement of the NewClim project in this process demonstrates the growing need to integrate important challenges related to climate change into the higher education system, and especially focuses on the principles of sustainable development, raising ecological awareness, and forming a responsible attitude towards the climate. This approach is consistent with the paradigm of modern environmental education, which implies structuring educational programs in such a way that students, in parallel with receiving theoretical knowledge about climate change, form a vision and acquire practical skills to respond to environmental challenges, adapt, and make sustainable decisions,” said Tamar Tsereteli.
According to the head of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies of the Georgian Technical University, last year, five graduates of the English-language master’s program in viticulture and enology Vinifera EuroMaster, along with the academic degree of the Georgian Technical University, received academic degrees from five leading European universities - Montpellier Supagro (France), Udine (Italy), Geisenheim (Germany), Madrid Polytechnic (Spain), Turin (Italy). As Professor Liana Targamadze states, one of the prestigious English-language international master’s programs of the European Union Vinifera EuroMaster operates on the basis of Montpellier Supagro, which is hosted by the French highly qualified training and research center in the agro-sector and climate change L’Institute Agro Montpellier.
According to her, it is noteworthy that the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies Technology of the Georgian Technical University implements an English-language master’s program in viticulture and winemaking, within the framework of which students have the opportunity to receive two diplomas - both from the Georgian Technical University and from Vinifera EuroMaster partner universities.
“Georgian Technical University is represented in the Vinifera EuroMaster program as a full partner. Integration creates a unique opportunity for Georgian students to receive interdisciplinary education in the field of viticulture and winemaking, agroecology, and climate-sustainable approaches in an international academic environment. Within the framework of the program, our students receive two diplomas - from the Georgian Technical University and one of five partner universities in Europe- and actively participate in field research and international projects, which significantly strengthen their scientific and professional potential. Lectures, thematic seminars, field visits, and interdisciplinary projects planned within the framework of the autumn school significantly serve to develop such competencies as systems thinking, environmental responsibility, integration of local knowledge, and the ability to cooperate internationally. It is important that “Vinifera/NewClim - Georgia 2025” is held at the Georgian Technical University, which not only speaks of institutional readiness but also emphasizes Georgia’s positioning in the context of wine culture and climate-sensitive agricultural systems. It is a priority for us that this autumn school becomes a catalyst for knowledge exchange, strengthening innovation and promoting sustainable development in the field of viticulture and winemaking,” said Liana Targamadze.
The Autumn School - “Vinifera/Newclim - Georgia 2025” will be held at the Georgian Technical University for 4 days.
The event will feature the following participants: Dr. Patrice Lalleman - EMaVE Master Program Manager (France); Dr., Professor An Pellegrino - Ecophysiology Department (Institut Agro Montpellier, France); Dr. Charlie Romier - Physiology Researcher (Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - INRAE, Montpellier, France); Dr., Professor Pascal Wegmann - Head of the Oenology Research Department (Weincampus Neustadt, Germany); Dr., Professor David Maghradze - Viticulture-Environmental Department of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Chemical Technologies of the Georgian Technical University; Dr. Roland Burdiashvili - Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi University; Dr. Manuchar Meskhidze - GWS Company and Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi University.
