Awards and Honors

Awards & Honors

Congratulations to Distinguished Professor, David E. Block! He was the recipient of the 2026 American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) Merit Award at the ASEV National Conference in Boise, ID, on June 17-18, 2026. This award recognizes “individuals who have contributed to the progress and advancement of enology or viticulture in an outstanding and distinguished manner for the Society and/or wine industry.”  Dr.

A Century of California Wine Yeast, Reunited

UC Davis Awarded Funding to Merge the Viticulture & Enology Wine Microbe Collection with the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection

For more than sixty years, two of the most important libraries of California microbiology have lived in separate departments on the UC Davis campus. Now, thanks to a grant from the American Vineyard Foundation and Washington Wine Commission, they're (re)uniting.