Wine is one of the most famous beverages in the world, and the principal wine producers worldwide are European countries, which are known as their high quality wines produced from Vitis vinifera grapes. In contrast to this ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the simulated gastro-intestinal (GI) digestion on the phenolic profile and the antioxidant capacity (AC) of grapes and red wines. Mouth and stomach digestion increased ...

The fate of folpet from the treatment on vine to the production of wine was studied. Sunlight degraded folpet to unknown products. Phthalimide was a minor metabolite formed on grapes from folpet. Folpet degraded in must, ...

The fate of folpet from the treatment on vine to the production of wine was studied. Sunlight degraded folpet to unknown products. Phthalimide was a minor metabolite formed on grapes from folpet. Folpet degraded in must, ...

A formal compositional study of the proanthocyanidins of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Carmenere was conducted in this work. We first characterized the polymeric proanthocyanidins of Carmenere skins, seeds, and wines. In addition, ...

This article presents a practical tool for optimally scheduling wine grape harvesting operations taking into account both operational costs and grape quality. We solve a mixed-integer linear programming model to support ...

Fungi are the most important and prevalent plant pathogens. The infection of plants by several fungi causes destructive and important economical losses of crops in the field and fresh fruits and vegetables during storage ...

Aging is an enological technique usually employed with Vitis vinifera wines for improving and stabilizing wine sensory attributes like red wine color. However, red wines made from non-vinifera grape cultivars are considered ...

Penicillium expansum has emerged as the cause of storage decay of table grapes (Vitis vinifera) and has been frequently isolated from apparently healthy clusters of grapes in Chile. The objectives of this study were to ...