Honorary Doctorates celebrate alumni excellence

From The University of Adelaide Newsroom, posted by Rhiannon Koch 20 Sep 2024

Professor Peter Høj AC, Vice-Chancellor and President, said the University of Adelaide is privileged to recognise these eminent leaders in their field, and their outstanding contributions to our society.

“We are honoured to celebrate the achievements of the recipients of Honorary Doctorates as we also congratulate the next generation of leaders on their graduations,” said Professor Høj.

Ms Rose grew up in Melbourne and spent her weekends on the family vineyard in the Yarra Valley. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in physics, at Melbourne University, and then relocated to South Australia and the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy campus to study winemaking, where she was dux of her class.

Ms Rose joined Yalumba in the Barossa Valley in 1992. She was then the Hill-Smith Family Estates’ head winemaker from 2006-23, and has been a driving force in sustainability, and natural yeast and bacteria to make wine, with the Estates’ wines becoming vegan in 2012.

Ms Rose has been recognised by her peers several times, including in 2014 when she was voted the best winemaker in Australia by 100 industry leaders. She is currently a Director of the South Australian Wine Industry Association, having also been chair of the Australian Wine Research Institute and is a long-term member of the University of Adelaide’s Alumni Council, having served as Chair from 2014 to 2023.