It is a positive start to 2014 for Charles Sturt University (CSU) wine science and viticulture student, Mr Nicholas Schirripa. He has been named the winner of the Graham Thorpe Memorial Scholarship, a national award from the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Foundation (RASF) as part of the Sydney Royal Wine Show. As part of the scholarship, the CSU student is a steward at the Show this week. Mr Schirripa, from Griffith, is studying a double degree through the University's School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences in Wagga Wagga.  Mr Schirripa said, "I am grateful for the guidance and support of my lecturers during my studies. I am hoping to do Charles Sturt University proud at the judging at the Sydney Royal Wine Show." In his final year of study, Mr Schirripa is an assistant winemaker and viticulturalist at Casella Wines in the Riverina. The Sydney Royal Wine Scholarship is an initiative of the RASF and the Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show.