17 January 2025
The January 2025 issue of Technical Review is now available! Read an article by AWRI researchers summarising the latest research on smoke characters in bottle-aged wines and browse the most recent grape and wine literature recommended by AWRI Emeritus Fellow, Dr Peter Dry and Engagement Specialist, Matt Holdstock.
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Below is a small selection of what’s in this issue:
Technical Note
How much is too much? New data allows prediction of smoke characters in aged wines.
AWRI publications
- Adaptation during the shift from entomopathogen to endosymbiont is accompanied by gene loss and intensified selection [Read full-text online] Genome Biology and Evolution
- Ask the AWRI: Fuel for thought. [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Ask the AWRI: Time, temperature and urea – the ethyl carbamate connection. [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- AWRI annual report 2024. [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Bottle aging of smoke-affected wines: Changes in smoke flavor and chemical composition. [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Exploring interactions between vineyard performance, grape and wine composition and subregional boundaries – The terroir of Barossa Shiraz. [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
- Insight into how fermentation might contribute to the distinctiveness of Australian coffee. [Read full-text online] Food Chemistry
- Reducing CO2 use during tank sparkling wine production [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Run for cover – the ‘right’ species of under-vine cover crops do not influence yield in an Australian vineyard. [Read full-text online] OENO One
- Viral diversity and phloem transcriptional changes in grapevine Shiraz disease infected wines. [Read full-text online] OENO One
Viticulture
- 24-epibrassinolide enhances drought tolerance in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) by regulating carbon and nitrogen metabolism [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Plant Cell Reports
- Best practice in tackling grapevine trunk disease [Access copy from AWRI Library online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Bringing robots and a chemical-free disease solution together to control powdery mildew [Access copy from AWRI Library online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Effect of different deficit irrigation regimes on vine performance, grape composition and wine quality of the “Primitivo” variety under mediterranean conditions [Read full-text online] Irrigation Science
- Grapevine varieties show different sensitivities to flavonoid alterations caused by high temperatures under two irrigation conditions [Read full-text online] Food Research International
- Integrating spectral sensing and systems biology for precision viticulture: effects of shade nets on grapevine leaves [Read full-text online] Horticulturae
- Mapping of irrigated vineyard areas through the use of machine learning techniques and remote sensing [Read full-text online] Agricultural Water Management
- Particle film to mitigate the negative effects of climate change on grapevine leaf eco-physiology as mediated by anatomical traits (book chapter) [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Progress in Botany
- Selective harvesting, selectively: Why more winemakers may choose to machine harvest delicate whites [Access copy from AWRI Library online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Virginia researchers are creating quality grapes that can adapt to a changing climate [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly
Sustainability
- Assessing the age effect on consumer attitudes and willingness to pay for sustainably produced wine: A transnational analysis [Read full-text online] Journal of Sustainability Research
- Diversification as a climate change adaptation strategy in viticulture systems: winegrowers’ insights from Marlborough, New Zealand [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
- Does a native and introduced cover crop species differ in their ability to suppress weeds? A study in a table grape vineyard [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] International Journal of Pest Management
- Guiding organizations toward sustainable success: The strategic role of leadership in environmental corporate governance in the wine industry [Read full-text online] Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
- Wine grape grower perceptions and attitudes about soil health [Read full-text online] Journal of Rural Studies
- Winery waste: A sustainable approach for bioactive compound extraction and various industrial applications [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Process Safety and Environmental Protection
Oenology
- Critical areas for Brettanomyces bruxellensis contamination and biofilm formation in the cellar: on the origin of wine spoilage [Read full-text online] OENO One
- Enhancing the stability of a red organic wine through hydroxytyrosol supplementation at bottling: A time-dependent analysis [Read full-text online] Applied Food Research
- Evaluation of passive samplers as a cost-effective method to predict the impact of wildfire smoke in grapes and wines [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Food Chemistry
- Grape berry mycobiota and its contribution to fresh mushroom aroma off-odour in wine [Read full-text online] OENO One
- Impact of Botrytis cinerea on γ-Nonalactone concentration: analysis of New Zealand white wines using SIDA-SPE-GC-MS [Read full-text online] OENO One
- Impacts of non-Saccharomyces yeasts on nutrient composition and aroma profile of wines during co-fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Levilactobacillus brevis [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
- In a fully dealcoholised Chardonnay wine, sugar is a key driver of liking for young consumers [Read full-text online] OENO One
- Influence of yeasts on wine acidity: new insights into Saccharomyces cerevisiae [Read full-text online] OENO One
- Plastic wine glass mimic improves the perception of quality and aroma of white wines [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science
- Research progress of tartaric acid stabilization on wine characteristics [Read full-text online] Food Chemistry: X
Acknowledgments
This work is supported by Wine Australia, with levies from Australia’s grapegrowers and winemakers and matching funds from the Australian Government. AWRI is a member of the Wine Innovation Cluster in Adelaide, SA.
