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Publications:

Authored or co-authored over 340 technical publications in viticulture.
These include 3 theses, 27 research papers in refereed journals including 4 reviews; 1 book, 11 chapters in books, 1 major conference proceedings, 76 papers at scientific conferences or industry seminars with proceedings, and 11 written reports.
Over 210 popular articles in Australian and American trade journals.
Viticulture Editor for the "Oxford Companion To Wine", edited by Jancis Robinson MW, published in 1994 and 1999, responsible for about 140,000 words per edition.
Author of bi-monthly columns in major wine industry publications. Australian and New Zealand Wine industry Journal, and Practical Winery and Viticulture.

Professional Societies:

Member, Australian Institute of Agriculture Science.
Member, Australian Society for Horticulture Science.
Member, American Society of Enology and Viticulture, and former member of Editorial Panel.
Founding President and Life Member, New Zealand for Viticulture and Oenology.
Member, Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology, and former member of Editorial Panel.

Awards:

1970 N.S.W Public Services Board Traveling Fellowship, for research in Israel.
1971 Auscott Postgraduate Scholarship, NSW, for graduate study in USA.
1980 French Government Scholarship, for study in France.
1983 Walter and Carew Reynell Fellowship, Roseworthy College.
1983 Honorary Research Lecturer, American Society of Enology and Viticulture.
1989 New Zealand Wine Industry Personality of the Year.
1989 Honorary Research Lecturer, South African Society of Enology and Viticulture.
1990 Honorary Life Membership, New Zealand Society for Viticulture and Oenology.
2001 Honorary Research Lecturer, South African Society of Enology and Viticulture.
2004 For contributions to New Zealand wine industry, personal award.
2004 Wine Industry "Personality of the Year" for Innovation, Wine magazine, UK.
2005 Among "50 Most Powerful Names in Wine", Decanter magazine, UK

Research Interests:

Grapevine whole-plant physiology especially solar radiation effects.
Light stimuli affecting grapevine processes regulating yield, growth and fruit composition.
Grapevine water relations and irrigation practice.
Fruit composition implications for wine quality.
Canopy architecture effects on grapevine growth, yield and quality.
Vineyard mechanisation.
Climate studies of vineyard regions, and effects on wine style and quality.
Microvinification to evaluate wine quality
Vineyard factors affecting quality of Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc
Zonal viticulture effects on yield and quality, using ground and aerial infrared imagery, and GPS and GIS.

Consulting Experience:

Smart Viticulture has over 200 clients in 23 countries, including all grape growing states of Australia.
Consulting expertise is particularly in the arena of canopy management as a means of manipulating grape yield and wine quality.
Other factors affecting wine quality are also included, such as choice of variety, clone and rootstock, vine spacing, trellis system, pruning and training.
Consulting expertise covers all aspects of viticulture from site selection to harvest.
Dr Smart has a particular skill in vineyard climatology, including homoclime searches and matching variety to climates.
Smart Viticulture also provides intensive viticulture courses, and educational vineyard and winery tours throughout the world.

Managerial Experiences:

Richard Smart was a popularly elected Graduate Student Senator to Cornell University Senate 1972.
He was also Head of Viticulture Department and Dean of Faculty of Oenology, Roseworthy Agriculture College 1975-1982, involving about 15 academic staff and 100 students.
During the period at MAF Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, New Zealand, he supervised 5 technicians on three research stations, and was also Department Head of Horticulture (ca. 10 scientists) for a year.
Dr Smart served one term as member of the Australian Wine Research Institute Board.

Commercial Experiences:

Richard Smart and family operated a 16 ha commercial vineyard at Williamstown in the Barossa Valley from 1976-1982.
Richard Smart has always had a strong interest in commercial applications of research findings.
He was involved in developing scientific support for mechanical pruning while at Roseworthy Agricultural College, which is now widely established in Australia.
In the 1970s in New Zealand, the Government adopted a system of "user pays", and the opportunity was taken to develop a part time consultancy business in canopy management. This was the early beginning of the present international consulting business Smart Viticulture, begun in 1990 from Port Macquarie, NSW.
Smart Viticulture has clients throughout Australia and in 23 countries of the world, and so is well aware of "world best practices" in viticulture.
Smart Viticulture is the vineyard consultant to Gunns Tamar Ridge winery, which is the largest vineyard in Tasmania. Dr Smart is advising on all aspects of viticulture, from site selection to harvest procedures. He has been involved in vineyard development of 150 ha per year for the last two years, including site, variety and clone selection.
A management plan has been developed for Tamar Ridge vineyard, to optimize quality. This involved aerial infrared imagery, and vintage planning with vineyard manager and enologist.

Training:

Smart Viticulture conducts training courses in the form of one day Canopy Management Workshops, which are typically at the invitation of regional Grapegrower associations. These have been held in many countries and wine regions.
As well Dr Smart has developed a three-day intensive viticulture course called "College in a Coach" which has been offered in Australia at least once a year since 1995 and in California in 2002.
Dr Smart and Smart Viticulture also offer educational grape and wine tours to wine regions of the world. These have been to Australia, New Zealand, South America, California and Oregon, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
Dr Smart taught classes "Grapevine Physiology" and " Growing Quality Winegrapes" at Cal Poly in 2002 and 2003.

Other Experiences

As founding President of New Zealand Society for Viticulture and Oenology, Dr Smart was instrumental in organizing the Second International Cool Climate Viticulture and Oenology Symposium, January 1988 with 600 attendees.
Dr Smart can write and speak technical French.
Dr Smart has an extensive network of viticulture science and wine industry colleagues throughout the world.
Dr Smart was a member of the inaugural New Zealand Government mission to the OIV in 1998.
Dr Smart has had wide involvement with industry bodies in Australia and New Zealand.
Dr Smart has traveled extensively, often to deliver lectures at international meetings or at industry workshops, and more recently for consulting. He has visited many of the worlds wine regions, including those of Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Uruguay, U.K and the USA.

CURRICULUM VITAE of DR RICHARD E. SMART