Irrigation, a way to affect the phenolic and anthocyanic composition of grapes

Hydric stress in certain epochs, such as before and after veraison, slows down the development of the fruit and increases concentration of certain compounds, thus affecting significantly the composition of wine

06 June 2011 TN 6 Year 3

Gum arabic to soften wines

Contraindications to the excessive use of this enologic additive. A correct procedure avoids filtration problems

06 June 2011 TN 6 Year 3

Grapefruit have an affect on dropping weight

05 May 2011 TN 5 Year 3

A reduction of herbal excesses in wine is possible

Methoxypyrazines are aromatic compounds which can be unpleasant in excessive quantities. It is better to intervene on the field than in the cellar

02 May 2011 TN 5 Year 3

Barrique scents have a name

The sensorial impact of the different smelling substances deriving from barriques durmast is rather diverse and molecules and sensations are not always correlated

02 May 2011 TN 5 Year 3

Shipping wine over long distances. What changes in the sensory profile?

Why a wine tasted in countries other than the home one can have organoleptic characteristics very different from the original? The effects of transport on red and white wines are very different

02 May 2011 TN 5 Year 3

How to use web semantic language to choose wine

These languages are used to encode meanings in a language that computers can understand. The most recent version of this wine application serves as an exceptional example of what the future of the web 3.0

04 April 2011 TN 4 Year 3

New health effetcts of wine polyphenols discovered

These compounds increases anti-tumor effect of rapamycin and, on rats, prevents aging-related impairment of vascular function and physical exercise capacity

07 March 2011 TN 3 Year 3

Environmental impact of winemaking different

Winemaking wastewaters have different pollution coefficients. Basic information to improve the management of cellar treatments

07 February 2011 TN 2 Year 3

How to create low allergenic wines

Headaches, stuffy noses, skin rash and other allergy symptoms afflict more than 500 million people worldwide drink wine

06 December 2010 TN 12 Year 2

New instruments to control iron deficiency chlorosis in vineyards

Physiological remote sensing indices related to carotene and anthocyanin pigments could be important grape quality indicators

06 December 2010 TN 12 Year 2

New rules for wine in Swiss and China

China removes the obstacles to international commerce about sulfites while Swiss gets rid of the limitations about the presence of histamine in the wine

01 November 2010 TN 11 Year 2

New sustainable material for wine bottle stoppers

The aim of the project is to substitute the plastic stoppers used for wine bottles with stoppers that are made up of a composite material

04 October 2010 TN 10 Year 2

A new Charter for the European organic wines

The European producers of organic wines propose precise rules to define the wine production process from organic grapes to be applied within the year 2010

04 October 2010 TN 10 Year 2

Australia will safeguard the Italian wines

A new agreement, which replaces the 1994 one, protects the European system of wine labeling and grants a full protection to the EU geographic indications

04 October 2010 TN 10 Year 2