ATPGroup is pleased to announce that Hend Letaief, PhD has joined the company as Head of Technical Compliance. Hend brings over 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, with a strong background in viticulture and enology, food/beverage product development, compliance, and quality assurance. Hend received her Ph.D. in Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences from the University of Turin in Italy, where she focused on the application of chemical-physical and mechanical tests for the definition of wine grape quality. She also holds an MSc in Viticulture & Enology from L’institut Agro Montpellier in France, where she developed a new method for assessing wine micro-oxygenation through acetaldehyde testing. Hend earned her BS in Food Engineering from the Higher Institute of Food Industries of Tunisia, where she developed new acetic acid bacteria strains for producing wine vinegar. Throughout her career, Hend has worked on a variety of research projects and has publis

Afternoon Brief, April 10th

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Joint program offers wine production track and bachelor’s degree transition options for Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College students   Sonoma County, CA – The Wine Business Institute in the School of Business and Economics at Sonoma State University in partnership with Santa Rosa Junior College launched a new bachelor’s degree transition program to serve the community. The first of its kind in the region, the program combines well-established strengths of two of the San Francisco North Bay’s leading institutions of higher education to provide state-of-the-art education for residents interested in careers in wine production and management. The new bachelor’s degree transition program will be available to SRJC and SSU students beginning fall semester 2020. More information can be found at http://sbe.sonoma.edu/undergraduate/bs-business-administration/wine-business-strategies-concentration. “The transition program serves the nee