It's not too late to DONATE to the 2024 Silent Auction!
Donation form HERE.
2024 Agenda and Reports to the Membership
Click HERE or scan the QR code below for a digital copy of the agenda and yearly reports to the membership historically provided as hardcopy documents on the breakfast meeting tabletops.
2023 Annual Fruit Wine Award
The AWSEF awards the Best Fruit Wine in the AWS amateur wine competition the "Les Sperling Fruit Wine Award" each year. We're pleased to present the 2023 award to David Flegle for his 2022 Apple wine.
Congratulations, David!
2023 Silent Auction Donation Form
Click HERE for the 2023 Silent Auction Donation form; you can fill it in online and email it directly to Denise Griner, denisegrinerawsef@gmail.com
Welcome to the Board, Bill Stefan, AWS President
Per the by-laws of the AWSEF, our seventh Trustee is the sitting President of the American Wine Society. From the entire Board of Trustees, WELCOME, Bill! We look forward to your contributions to our Board! (Jan. 2023)
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Announcing our 2024 Scholarship Recipients
We had a record number of applicants for our 2024 scholarship period, representing students from 11 different universities across North America.
With this year’s awards, the AWSEF has provided more than $530,000 in scholarships to 177 students at 25 different universities across the United States and Canada since 1995.
Congratulations to...
- Michael Cook, PhD candidate at Texas A&M University, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by Banfi Wines.
- Amanda Fleming, PhD candidate at the University of Arkansas, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by Virginia Wydler.
- Nikolas Wilson, PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Chapter: Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
- David Campbell, PhD candidate at Pennsylvania State University, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the W.J. Rachele Endowment.
- Ezekiel Warren, PhD candidate at Penn State University, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Chapter: Lehigh Valley, PA.
- Emma Guilbault, MSc candidate at Penn State University, was awarded the the AWSEF scholarship by the AWS Chapters: Dayton/Springfield, OH
- Walter Sanders, MSc candidate at the University of Georgia, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Chapter of North Alabama.
- Sydney Rogers, MSc candidate at the University of California, Davis, was awarded the AWSEF scholarship funded by the AWS Northern Loudoun County Chapter in Memory of Rick Adams and in Honor of Christy Adams.
Check back here to meet all our 2024 scholarship recipients and read about their research!