Technical Review No 262, February 2023

Technical Review is the AWRI’s own technical publication, which includes updates on AWRI research, development and extension and a curated selection of current grape and wine literature from around the world.

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TECHNICAL NOTES

CURRENT LITERATURE

AWRI PUBLICATIONS

  • Ask the AWRI: Thinking about pinking. [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Ask the AWRI: Wine taints from oak. [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Achieving success with canned wines. [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Trends in the composition of Australian wine 1990 to 2021. Part one: Introduction, titratable acidity and pH. [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • Canned wine: Looking for a silver lining. [Read full-text online] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • Schioppettino. [Read full-text online] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • Surface nanoengineering technology for the removal of sulfur compounds associated with negative attributes in wines. [Read full-text online] npj Science of Food
  • Effects of yeast strain and juice nitrogen status on glutathione utilisation during fermentation of model media. [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

OENOLOGY

General

Analysis, composition and quality control

Microbiology

Packaging, storage and transport

Winemaking practices


General

  • Bladder tank presses [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly
  • Exploring the response to a new range of ethanol reductions in Chardonnay and Syrah wines using a Consumer Rejection Threshold approach [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Regionality of Australian apple cider: A sensory, chemical and climate study [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • The wine industry by-products: Applications for food industry and health benefits [Read full-text online] Antioxidants
  • Wine labelling with the list of ingredients: context, consumer’s perception and future challenges. [Read full-text online] IVES Technical Reviews: Wine & Vine

Analysis, composition and quality control

Microbiology

  • Effect of non-Saccharomyces yeast strains on 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine concentration and aroma properties in Sauvignon Blanc wines during fermentation [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
  • Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces pastorianus co-inoculation on alcoholic fermentation behavior and aromatic profile of Sauvignon blanc wine [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Enological repercussions of non-Saccharomyces species 3.0 [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Improving aroma complexity with Hanseniaspora spp.: Terpenes, acetate esters, and safranal [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Malolactic fermentation – Theoretical advances and practical considerations [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Native fermentations may hold the key to maintaining wine quality amidst changing growing conditions [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly

Packaging, storage and transport

  • Alternative wine packaging: thinking inside the box [Read full-text online] Decanter
  • Improved sealing polymers and cleaning procedures to mitigate aroma carryover during bottling of aromatised and regular wines on the same filling line [Read full-text online] OENO One

Winemaking practices

  • A comprehensive review on grape juice beverage in context to its processing and composition with future perspectives to maximize its value [Read full-text online] Food and Bioprocess Technology
  • A study investigating the possibility of using simple evaporation to dealcoholise wine. [Étude de la possibilité de désalcoolisation des vins par simple évaporation.] [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Revue des Oenologues
  • A sustainable approach based on the use of unripe grape frozen musts to modulate wine characteristics as a proof of concept [Read full-text online] Beverages
  • Application of immobilized yeasts for improved production of sparkling wines [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Effect of pre-fermentative bentonite addition on Pinot Noir wine colour, tannin, and aroma profile [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Here come the ultrasonics. Barrel sanitation: the second priority in oenology [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Influence evaluation of enzyme treatments on aroma profile of white wines [Read full-text online] Agronomy
  • Innovative soft maceration techniques in red grape fermentation [Read full-text online] Beverages
  • Pulsed electric field processing of red wine: effect on wine quality and microbial inactivation [Read full-text online] Beverages
  • The rise of low alcohol wine sales brings increased winemaker interest in their production methods [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly

SUSTAINABILITY

VITICULTURE

General

Climate and weather

Grapevine nutrition

Grapevine varieties

Pests, diseases and virus

Physiology

Soil management

Vineyard practices

Water / irrigation


General

  • Activities and experiments conducted during 2022. Our selection. [Activités et expérimentations en 2022. Notre sélection.] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Le Vigneron Champenois
  • Agrobiodiversity dynamics in a French wine-growing region [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Evaluation of aerial drift during drone spraying of an artificial vineyard [Read full-text online] IVES Technical Reviews: Wine & Vine
  • Impact of growing season temperature on grape prices in Australia [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
  • Pesticides identification and sustainable viticulture practices to reduce their use: An overview [Read full-text online] Molecules
  • The floral microbiome and its management in agroecosystems: A perspective [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Climate and weather

  • ‘Arid viticulture’ in the context of climate change. Concept, practical basis and examples from the vineyards of Lanzarote and Santorin. [“Aridoviticulture” dans le contexte de changement climatique. Concept, bases pratiques et exemples des vignobles de Lanzarote et Santorin.] [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Revue des Oenologues
  • A method for using monthly average temperatures in phenology models for grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Adapting the designated area of geographical indications to climate change [Read full-text online] American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Analysis of quadratic correlation between dryness indices and wine grape yield to estimate future climate impacts in Hungary [Read full-text online] Climate
  • Facing early frost risks from climate change, Bordeaux experiments with new blends [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly
  • Late frost protection – what to retain from the Champagne experience? [Read full-text online] IVES Technical Reviews: Wine & Vine
  • Modelling the switch from hail insurance to antihail nets [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Grapevine nutrition

  • Changes on grape volatile composition after elicitors and nitrogen compounds foliar applications to ‘Garnacha’, ‘Tempranillo’ and ‘Graciano’ vines [Read full-text online] Vitis

Grapevine varieties

Pests, diseases and virus

  • A look at low usage of copper in organic viticulture in different wine-growing regions in France, in 2020. [Caractérisation de pratiques de bas usage de cuivre en viticulture biologique dans différents bassins viticoles en France, en 2020.] [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Revue des Oenologues
  • A review of cultural practices for Botrytis bunch rot management in New Zealand vineyards [Read full-text online] Plants
  • Designation and certification strategies for fungus-resistant grape wines: An exploratory study in Italy [Read full-text online] Sustainability
  • Evaluation of the antifungal activity of endophytic and rhizospheric bacteria against grapevine trunk pathogens [Read full-text online] Microorganisms
  • Investigating grapevine red blotch virus infection in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes: A multi-omics approach [Read full-text online] International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Kaolin particle film limits grapevine downy mildew epidemic under open-field conditions and stimulates the plant defence response [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
  • Managing grapevine viruses is possible with sector-wide behavioral/technological changes [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly
  • Mapping the spatial variability of Botrytis bunch rot risk in vineyards using uav multispectral imagery [Read full-text online] European Journal of Agronomy
  • Monitoring Pinot Gris Virus in German vineyards. [Diagnose: Grauburgundervirus. Monitoring in Freiburg und Neustadt.] Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Das Deutsche Weinmagazin
  • Preventing trunk diseases with fungicide applications to pruning wounds in Washington wine grapes [Read full-text online] American Journal of Enology and Vititculture
  • The impact of grapevine red blotch virus: Grapevine red blotch-associated virus found in grapevine nursery stock and established vineyards [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Vineyard biodiversity – how to put it to work using cover crops [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker

Physiology

  • Abscisic acid metabolism pathways differ between grapevine species, leaves, and roots during water deficit [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • An overview and recent progress of plant growth regulators (PGRs) in the mitigation of abiotic stresses in fruits: A review [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Scientia Horticulturae
  • Contrasting seasonal dynamics of dormancy, respiratory metabolism and cell cycle state in grapevine buds of a subtropical and mediterranean climate [Read full-text online] Food and Energy Security
  • Effects of interaction of UV-B radiation and water deficit on phenolic compounds in ‘Pinot Noir’ fruit [Read full-text online] Vitis
  • Timing and severity of crop load management influences technological maturity, terpene synthase expression and free terpene accumulation in Gewurztraminer grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

Soil management

  • Cover crops under the vines: a viable alternative for weed management in Mediterranean vineyards [Read full-text online] IVES Technical Reviews: Wine & Vine
  • Effect of manure application timing on roots, canopy and must quality in Vitis vinifera ‘Merlot’: a case study in Italy, North-East [Read full-text online] Vitis
  • Organic mulches as an alternative to conventional under-vine weed management in mediterranean irrigated vineyards [Read full-text online] Plants
  • Soil management with lime [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Sowing cover crops in the praxis. [Direktsaaten im Weinbau: Saattechniken im Praxisversuch.] [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Das Deutsche Weinmagazin

Vineyard practices

  • ASEV-NGRA Precision Viticulture Demo Day: Data-driven farming and vineyard automation [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly
  • Beneficial effects of bunch-zone late defoliations and shoot positioning on berry composition and colour components of wines undergoing aging in an organically-managed and rainfed Sangiovese vineyard [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Early basal leaf removal at different sides of the canopy improves the quality of Aglianico wine [Read full-text online] Foods
  • Effects of cane- and spur-retained node numbers on the pre-flowering vegetative growth of cane-pruned Sauvignon blanc [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Experiences with grapevine cordons optimised for minimal pruning. [Minimalschnitt einmal anders: Erfahrungen mit dem Nichtheftsystem.] [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Das Deutsche Weinmagazin
  • Late pruning of the vine [Read full-text online] IVES Technical Reviews: Wine & Vine
  • Using satellite markers to study vines. A mine of spatio-temporal information. [Les indicateurs satellites pour l’étude de la vigne. Une mine d’informations spatio-temporelles.] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Le Vigneron Champenois

Water / irrigation

  • A LoRaWAN IoT system for smart agriculture for vine water status determination [Read full-text online] Agriculture
  • Soil water dynamics and drought stress response of Vitis vinifera L. in steep slope vineyard systems [Read full-text online] Agricultural Water Management
  • Strategies for producing a more robust and competitive harvest in Portugal. Costs and benefits of the precise application of water. [Stratégies pour une production viticole plus durable et compétitive au Portugal. Coûts et bénéfices liés à une utilisation précise de l’eau.] [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Revue des Oenologues
  • Using aerial thermal imagery to evaluate water status in Vitis vinifera cv. Loureiro [Read full-text online] Sensors