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In this video, meet Matthew Norman-Ariztia, Ph.D. student in the Oravec Lab and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. 

Matthew is helping shape the future of New York’s grape and wine industry by uncovering what growers and winemakers value most in new grape varieties from the Cornell breeding program. He’s also advancing how the industry measures acid and brix during harvest.

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