Wine Research Centre

Research Projects

NATIONAL:

Research Programmes:

  • ARIS Research Programme (P1-0034): Analytics and chemical characterization of materials and processes / (2020-2027)

Programme Leader: prof. dr. Samo Hočevar / Programme funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / WRC contact persons: branka.mozetic@ung.si and mitja.martelanc@ung.si

  • ARIS program (P1-0385): Remote sensing of atmospheric properties (2020–2026)

Programme Leader: prof. dr. Griša Močnik / Programme funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / WRC contact person: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si

Research projects:

  • Basic Project ARIS (J1-70041): PLASTVINE - Generation, uptake, and impact of micro- and nanoPLASTics in grapeVINE (2026-2029)

Project financed by ARIS – Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency / Lead partner: Jožef Štefan Institut / Contact person at UNG/WRC: erika.jez@ung.si

  • Basic Project ARIS (J1-70024): GRAPEVALOR - Innovative strategies for grape pomace valorization: Anthocyanin extraction, pyranoanthocyanin synthesis, and energy use with life cycle assessment (LCA) (2026-2029)

Project financed by ARIS – Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency / Lead partner: Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto / Contact person at UNG/WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

  • Aplicative Project ARIS (L4-70179): Climate change adaptation in viticulture and winemaking (2026-2029)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: Agricultural Institute of Slovenia / Contact person at UNG/WRC: jan.rescic@ung.si

  • Projekt MKGP Pilotna alkoholna pijača z uporabo haskap jagod (akronim PA-HAS) (2023-2024)

The project was funded by the European Union through the Evropski kmetijski sklad za razvoj podeželja (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development – EAFRD) and by the Republic of Slovenia. It was approved as a pilot project under ukrep M16 – Sodelovanje (Measure M16 – Cooperation), podukrep 16.2 – Razvoj novih proizvodov, praks, procesov in tehnologij (Sub-measure 16.2 – Development of new products, practices, processes and technologies) within the Program razvoja podeželja 2014–2020 (Rural Development Programme 2014–2020), managed by the MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food). Contact person at UNG/WRC: erika.jez@ung.si

  • Aplicative Project ARIS (L4-50141): Wine provenance: geo-climatic, microbiological or human construct? Example of Slovene blaufrankish wines (2023-2026)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: Agricultural Institute of Slovenia / Contact person at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

  • Basic Project ARIS (J4-50139): Valorization of Impatiens glandular (Impatiens glandulifera Royle) wastes for the development of bioactive extracts with potential protective activity on the human vascular system (2023-2026)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: National Institute of Chemistry / Contact person at UNG/WRC: mitja.martelanc@ung.si

  • Target Development ARIS Project - CRP (P-V4-2381): MED-STI-K - Knowledge Hub for Green, Sustainable and Innovative Mediterranean Agriculture (2023 - 2025)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: Znanstveno-Raziskovalno središče Koper / Contact persons at UNG/WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si and jan.rescic@ung.si

  • Postdoc Research Project ARIS (Z1-3197): Does the presence of microplastics effect the copper dynamic in contaminated vineyard soils? (2021-2023)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Contact person at UNG/WRC: erika.jez@ung.si

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and BioLaffort / Contact person at UNG/WRC: guillaume.antalick@ung.si

  • Postdoc Research Project ARIS (Z4-7189): Facilitating green care in viticulture by means of metabolomic-based front line conception (2016-2017)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Contact person at UNG/WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si (Project Leader)

  • Bilateral Research Project ARIS (N4-0158): Exploring the grapevine metabolic plasticity under drought (2020-2023)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and FWWF) / Contact person at UNG/WRC: guillaume.antalick@ung.si

  • Basic Research Project ARIS (J4-4300): Genes behind aroma compounds in wine (2011-2014)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Contact person at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

  • PhD project TIA: Characterisation of Slovenian apple juice with respect to its geographic origin and agricultural production practice (2008-2015)

Project funded by TIA – Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia “Young Researchers from the Industry” with Fructal Food Industry d.d. / Contact person at UNG/WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

  • PhD project TIA: Biological role of grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) in winegrowing region of Northern Primorska (2010 – 2016)

Project funded by TIA – Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia “Young Researchers from the Industry” with Development Agency of Primorska region / Contact person at UNG/WRC: marusa.pompe.novak@ung.si

  • PhD project TIA: The impact of grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) on quantity and quality parameters of grapevine (2011 – 2015)

Project funded by TIA – Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia “Young Researchers from the Industry” with Development Agency of Primorska region / Contact person at UNG/WRC: marusa.pompe.novak@ung.si

  • Target development ARIS project - CRP: Phytophenols for food safety and food shelf-life increase (2010-2012)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry for Agriculture and Environment) / Lead partner: Biotehnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana / Contact person at UNG/WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

  • Research Investment Project (RIP): Development of an intelligent ecological UltraPRESS (2009 – 2011)

Project funded by ŠKRLJ kovinska oprema d.o.o and Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia (TIA) Contact persons at UNG/WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si, lorena.butinar@ung.si

INTERNATIONAL:

Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg Alpine Space programme 2021 – 2027 / Lead partner: Eurac Research (Bolzano, Italy) / Contact person at UNG/WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si (Project Leader at UNG)

  • Interreg-cross-border-EU-project AGROTUR +: Local products and tourism in the Karst region (2023-2025)

Project is co-financed by the European Union in the framework of the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 programme / Lead partner: Slovenian Agricultural Institute / Contact person at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si (Project Leader at UNG)

  • Interreg-cross-border-EU-project: The ENO(SATIRE): Sustainable wine tourism: cultural landscape, wine and satire (2024-2025)

Small Projects Fund GO! 2025, managed by EZTS GO and financed by the Interreg VI-A cooperation program Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 / Project coordinator: Movimento Turismo del Vino Friuli Venezia Giulia / Contact person at UNG/WRC: mitja.martelanc@ung.si (Project Leader at UNG)

  • Trans-regional Project: Uncorking rural heritage: indigenous production of fermented beverages for local cultural and environmental sustainability (2020-2023)

Project funded by EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation / Lead partner University of Nova Gorica / Contact person at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si (Project Leader)

  • Bilateral ARIS Project (N4-0158): Exploring grapewine metabolic plasticity under drough (2020-2023)

Project co-financed by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and FWW (Austria) / Contact persons at UNG/WRC: guillaume.antalick@ung.si, jan.rescic@ung.si

  • Bilateral ARIS Project (NI-0002): A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment and application of waste water to agriculture

Scientific co-operation between Slovenia and Izrael funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and Ministry of Science and Technology Izrael / Contact persons at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si, saim.emin@ung.si

  • Transnational ERA-NET ArimNet2 project: »EnViRoS«: Opportunities for an Environmental-friendly Viticulture: optimization of water management and introduction of new Rootstock and Scion genotypes (2017-2020)

Project funded by MIZS – Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Slovenia / Lead partner: University of Udine / Contact person at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

  • Interreg-cross-border-EU-project AGROTUR: Karst agritourism II (2017-2019)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2014-2020 financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Slovenian Agricultural Institute / Contact person at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si (Project Leader at UNG)

  • Creative Cores: AHA-MOMENT (Active and Healthy Aging – MOlecular MEchanisms, Nutrition and nanoparticle-based Targeting) Structural Funds (2012­-2015)

Project funded by MIZS & EU – Ministry of Education, Science and Sport & European Regional Development Fund / Contact persons at UNG/WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si, lorena.butinar@ung.si

  • Interreg-EU-cross-border project HERITASTE: Paths of Taste and Experience (2011-2015)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2014-2020, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Provincia di Udine, Italy / Contact person at UNG/WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si ( - Project Leader at UNG)

  • Interreg-EU-cross-border project VISO: Viticulture and sustainable development of local resources in the wine industry (2013-2015)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Institute of Applied Genomics, Udine, Italy / Contact persons at UNG/WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si

  • Interreg-cross-border-EU-project AGROTUR: Karst agritourism (2011-2014)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Slovenian Agricultural Institute / Contact person: at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

  • Interreg-cross-border project UE LI JE II Olive oil: a symbol of quality in the cross-border area (2011-2014)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner Municipality Brda, Dobrovo / Contact person: at UNG/WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

  • Bilateral Project (BI-US/13-14-028: Establishment and dominance of domesticated yeast in fermenting grape must (2013-2014)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Partner: Department of Genetics, Washington University, Saint Louis, ZDA / Contact person at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

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