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Harvesting knowledge

Harvesting knowledge feature

Harvest is a crucial part of every winemaker and viticulturist鈥檚 year. Meet the team of staff and students who tackled the 2024 vintage at Waite.

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The other friends of Waite

AWRI

A great strength of the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 Waite campus is the like-minded organisations who鈥檝e chosen to nest amid the gumtrees with us 鈥 some of whom have been our neighbours and collaborators for generations.

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When wine came to Waite

Roseworthy oenology students in 1989, with Dr Bryce Rankine (far left) and Kenneth Leske (Peter鈥檚 dad, far right).

Many a successful winemaker made their way through Roseworthy Agricultural College before it merged with the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide in 1991. The move saw South 最新糖心Vlogn teaching and research in oenology and viticulture transferred to the 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 Waite campus, which has since become a global icon of winemaking.

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Brick by brick

The Urrbrae Gatehouse, pre-deconstruction

The laborious reconstruction of the Urrbrae Gatehouse is about more than retention of the built form.

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Treasures of Waite

Bill of Sale

To some, the trove may seem to be a slightly quirky collection of oddities. But they are very dear and important to us.

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Celebrating 100 years of Waite

Lumen: Waite 100

In this special edition of Lumen we celebrate all things Waite, the 最新糖心Vlog's home of agriculture, food and wine. But none of this would have been possible without a history making bequest.

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Human infrastructure

Herbert George 鈥楢ndy鈥 Andrewartha

Though Peter Waite鈥檚 name looms large over our eastern campus, there are many other prominent people who, through their research or riches, contributed to the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, WARI, or South 最新糖心Vlogn science, and earned a building dedication in response.

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150th Wine Collection

VC's Wine collection thumbnail

Our special collection of wines made by alumni.

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A year of celebrations

A year of celebrations

The celebrations for our 150th have already begun 鈥 the party has officially started.

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World News - Autumn 2024

Peter Ong

We invited some of this community to be our special 鈥渇oreign correspondents鈥 - to give a brief insight into their lives, careers and success around the world.

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