SB 94 NMSU ENOLOGIST

Sen Crystal Diamond Brantley

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 Senate Bill 227173 (SB) appropriates two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to the Board of Regents of New Mexico State University for an enologist. 

 Senate Bill 227173 (SB) appropriates two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the General Fund (GF) to New Mexico State University (NMSU) for expenditure in Fiscal Years (FY) 2025 through 2027 for an enologist. 

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2027 reverts to the GF. 

 By definition, (o)enology is the study of wine and winemaking (Robinson 2006) and differs from viticulture which is the science of growing grapes. Enologists tend to understand wine analysis and can make educated decisions during wine production based on the analytical description and, potentially, sensory description of a given wine. 
In larger wineries, many enologists focus on working within a winery’s lab.  Their primary duties could range from conducting daily wine analysis and monitoring quality control parameters of all of the wines, to training additional employees (lab assistants, lab technicians, harvest interns) in running analysis, to assisting the winemaker with specific tasks (e.g., setting up blending trials, recording data on blending trials, field trials, or wine trials, and accomplishing cellar tasks).  In smaller wineries, the enologist will tend to wear several hats, and may also be associated as the head winemaker for the establishment.
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