John Blackman

Dr John Blackman

Wine Scientist

Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Biography

John graduated from the Bachelor of Wine Science degree in 2002 and was employed by CSU in 2004. His PhD examined the sensory description and consumer preference of Hunter Valley Semillon. John has taught a range of wine science, wine production and sensory subjects.

John is currently involved in a variety of research projects that require small-lot winemaking to determine the impact of various viticultural trials, winemaking procedures and the investigation of wine fault amelioration. He is also involved in sensory testing which is used to establish treatment differences and sensory descriptive analysis allows these differences to be described and quantified.

Research
  • Wine production techniques and their impact on final wine composition
  • Sensory testing to determine and describe wine differences
Publications
Full publications list on CRO

Recent publications

  • Vongluanngam, I., Zhang, X., Blackman, J., Schmidtke, L., Wilkinson, K. L., & Clark, A. (2024). Changes in Cu fractions and riboflavin in white wines during short-term light exposure: impacts of oxygen and bottle colour. Abstract from OENO Macrowine 2023, Bordeaux, France.
  • Schmidtke, L., Li, S., Blackman, J., & Dambergs, B. (2022). Assessment of grape smoke exposure. Charles Sturt University.
  • Zhang, X., Blackman, J., & Clark, A. (2022). Reductive development of white wine during bottle ageing: The time-line of protection offered by specific Cu fractions.. Abstract from 18th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference and Trade Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. https://awitc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/123_Zhang.pdf
  • Zhang, X., Blackman, J., Prenzler, P., & Clark, A. (2022). Reductive development of white wine during bottle ageing: Time-line of protection from specific Cu fractions.. Poster session presented at 18th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference and Trade Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Zhang, X., Blackman, J. W., Prenzler, P. D., & Clark, A. C. (2022). Suppression of reductive characters in white wine by Cu fractions: Efficiency and duration of protection during bottle aging. Food Chemistry, 393, 1-10. [133305]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133305