Selected Clients and Partners
Georgia - Elkana Biological Farming Association
Nepal - Pataleban Vineyard Winery & Resort
Thailand - Gran Monte Vineyards
Thailand - Hua Hin Hills Vineyards
Membership, Extended Executive Board, and Expert on Advisory Board:
Association for the Promotion of Fungus Resistant Grape Varieties (PIWI International)
Juror at the International PIWI Wine Award 2019
Memberships:
German Enologist Association / Bund Deutscher Oenologen e.V. (BDO)
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
Other
Asian Wine Producers Association
Winegrowers Association of Georgia
PIWI International - Assocation for The Promotion of Fungus Resistant Grape Varieties, Germany
University of Geisenheim, Germany
3rd International Symposium on Tropical Wine, 2011, Thailand
4th International Symposium on Tropical Wine, 2014, Brisbane
5th International Symposium on Tropical Wine, 2016, Brazil
International Symposium on Viticulture, 2018, Turkey
Papers and Articles
Weinberge auf dem Dach der Welt - Extremer Weinbau in Nepal
(W.W. SCHAEFER - Das Deutsche Weinmagazin, 16/17, p.52, August 2021)
Adapting to climate change: How Thailand's tropical wines are teaching the old world new tricks
(J.BOARD, CNA Channel NewsAsia, February 2021)
Nepal: Viticultural extremes and the steepest vineyards of the world
(W.W. SCHAEFER for PIWI International, 2019)
A Short History of Tropical Viticulture
(W.W. SCHAEFER - Asian Wine Review, p.205-206, 2017)
New Developments in Tropical Viticulture Under Monsoon Climate
(W.W. SCHAEFER - Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1115:195-202, 2016)
What is Tropical Wine and What Defines It? Thailand As a Case Study
(T. COMMINS, S. ASAVASANTI & A. DELOIRE - Asian Journal of Food and Agro-Industry, 5(02), 79-95, 2012)
Blattners Neue Rebsorten / New Grape Varieties by V. Blattner
(VALENTIN BLATTNER - Agroscope Schweiz, Swiss Journal of Pomology and Viticulture, Nr.16/2006)
Reference in Literature:
Weine aus dem Land des Laechelns, Romain Batya, Meiningers Weinwelt 4/2012
Das Geisenheimer-Gen, Carsten S. Henn, Vinum Magazin April 2010
New Latitude - The Wines of Thailand, Mark Azavedo, January 2010
Thai Wines, Laurance Civil, News Room Tourism Authority of Thailand, 2009
Wilder Wein, Stuart Pigott, Scherz Verlag Frankfurt, 2006
Monsun und Spitzentroepfchen, Stuart Pigott, Wein-Gourmet 2/2006
Africa Uncorked, John and Erica Platter, Wine Appreciation Guild, 2002
