The April 2023 issue of Technical Review is now available online.
This issue’s Technical Note article provides an update on new grape varieties added to the AWRI’s smoke ‘background levels database’ and you can also acess over 130 current literature articles including ‘Ask the AWRI’ on assessing grapes for diseases, influence of oxygen on colour and phenolics of red wines, Nebbiolo, Saperavi, lees filtration, adoption of artificial intelligence in viticulture to predict yield, and composting grape marc and stalks.
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We welcome your feedback on the Technical Review and you can reach us at infoservices@awri.com.au.
Below is a snapshot of what’s in this issue.
AWRI Technical Notes
AWRI Publications
- A metagenomic investigation of the viruses associated with Shiraz disease in Australia [Read full-text online] Viruses
- A special drop: Characterising yeast isolates associated with fermented beverages produced by Australia’s indigenous peoples [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Food Microbiology
- Ask the AWRI: Assessing grapes for disease [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Ask the AWRI: Understanding Australian sustainability credentials [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Grillo [Read full-text online] Wine & Viticulture Journal
- Trends in the composition of Australian wine 1990-2021. Part two: alcohol and glucose plus fructose [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
- Understanding the greenhouse gas emissions of Australian wine production [Read full-text online] Wine & Viticulture Journal
Oenology
- A new two-phase passive temperature control system for a wine fermenter [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Food and Bioproducts Processing
- An observed reduction in wine cineole content [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Anthocyanins: The infinite properties of these incredible compounds [Read full-text online] Molecules
- Characterization of key odorants in Chardonnay seeds [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Evaluation of grape stems and grape stem extracts for sulfur dioxide replacement during grape wine production [Read full-text online] Current Research in Food Science
- Influence of Oxygen Management on Color and Phenolics of Red Wines [Read full-text online] Molecules
- The perfect bubble: Foam formation in sparkling wine [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Wine cork closures impacts on Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) and precursors (DMSP) equilibrium of different shiraz wines during accelerated bottle ageing [Read full-text online] Beverages
- Capture of fermentation gas from fermentation of grape must [Read full-text online] Foods
- Investigation into mousy off-flavor in wine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with stir bar sorptive extraction [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Food Chemistry
- Australia and New Zealand battle in $30-$50 Pinot Noir tasting [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
- Influence of prefermentative cold maceration on the chemical and sensory properties of red wines produced in warm climates [Read full-text online] Processes
- Skin contact whites: Uncorked. [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- The effects of destemming/crushing and pressing conditions in Rosé wine production [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
- The volatile business of stuck fermentations [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Yeast or water: Producing wine with lower alcohol levels in a warming climate: A review [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
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Sustainability
- Composting waste from the white wine industry [Read full-text online] Sustainability
- Consumer perceptions of food packaging in its role in fighting food waste [Read full-text online] Sustainability
- Grape wine cultivation carbon footprint: Embracing a life cycle approach across climatic zones [Read full-text online] Agriculture
- Supporting winegrape growers in their transition to a low carbon economy [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
Viticulture
- Study on fungicides’ use in viticulture: present and future scenarios to control powdery and downy mildew [Read full-text online] BIO Web of Conferences
- A study of kaolin effects on grapevine physiology and its ability to protect grape clusters from sunburn damage [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Scientia Horticulturae
- Climate change, grape phenology, and frost risk in Southeast England [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
- Delayed grape ripening by intermittent shading to counter global warming depends on carry-over effects and water deficit conditions [Read full-text online] OENO One
- How terroir shapes aromatic typicity in grapes and wines (Part I) [Read full-text online] IVES Technical Reviews: Wine & Vine
- How terroir shapes aromatic typicity in grapes and wines (Part II) [Read full-text online] IVES Technical Reviews: Wine & Vine
- Artificial Intelligence and yield in viticulture: Pathway to digital transformation [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
- Is it time for the Australian wine industry to embrace advanced grapevine breeding methods? [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
- Grape potassium, acidity and pH in a changing climate [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- How rootstocks impact the scion vigour and vine performance of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Tempranillo [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
- When is Prosecco not Prosecco? [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Decanter
- Evaluation of the performance of drone treatments to control downy and powdery mildew in grapevines [Read full-text online] BIO Web of Conferences
- Birds as allies in the vineyard: Promoting healthy ecosystems for birds to protect vines [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
- Field evaluation of grapevines resistant to downy and powdery mildews [Read full-text online] BIO Web of Conferences
- Assessing the relationship between cordon strangulation, dieback, and fungal trunk disease symptom expression in grapevine [Read full-text online] OENO One
- Development of a semi-automated undervine slasher [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
- Viticulture trial: Leaf area vs. crop load [Read full-text online] Wine Business Monthly
- An assessment of treated municipal wastewater used for irrigation of grapevines with respect to water quality and nutrient load [Read full-text online] South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture
Business
- Long-term trends of global wine market [Read full-text online] Agriculture
- Reduction of alcoholic strength: Does it matter for public health? [Read full-text online] Nutrients