Current Edition – June 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.

Use the Current Literature tabs below to navigate between literature categories. Articles that are available online are linked directly to publishers’ websites where you can read the full-text versions. Articles that are not available online can be requested from the AWRI library by Australian winemakers and grapegrowers who pay the Wine Grapes or Grape Research levies. Log in to browse articles that are not available in full-text online, read abstracts and use ‘Add to your cart’ to request a copy of specific articles from the AWRI Library.

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TECHNICAL NOTES

CURRENT LITERATURE

AWRI PUBLICATIONS

  • A chronological study on grapevine leafroll-associated virus 2 in Australia [Read full-text online] Viruses
  • A novel solution to tartrate instability in white wines [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Food Chemistry
  • Ask the AWRI: Traditional cap management techniques [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Beyond volatile phenols: An untargeted metabolomic approach to revealing additional markers of smoke taint in grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.) cv. Merlot [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Chemical basis of ‘stone fruit’ aromas in white wine [Read full-text online] Chemistry in Australia
  • Consumer response to wine made from smoke-affected grapes [Read full-text online] OENO one
  • Effect of interspecific yeast hybrids for secondary in-bottle alcoholic fermentation of English sparkling wines [Read full-text online] Foods
  • Modelling smoke flavour in wine from chemical composition of smoke-exposed grapes and wine [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
  • SO2 and copper tolerance exhibit an evolutionary trade-off in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [Read full-text online] PLoS Genetics
  • State-of-the-art plant virus research in Australasia [Read full-text online] Viruses
  • The ABI5-dependent downregulation of mitochondrial ATP synthase OSCP subunit facilitates apple necrotic mosaic virus infection [Read full-text online] Journal of Experimental Botany
  • The genetic variability of grapevine Pinot gris virus (GPGV) in Australia [Read full-text online] Virology Journal
  • The genome assembly of Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research
  • Transient acetaldehyde production by SO2-producing Saccharomyces cerevisiae promotes the survival of Oenococcus oeni during co-fermentation [Read full-text online] OENO one
  • Using zeolites to cold stabilize white wines [Read full-text online] Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

OENOLOGY

Analysis, composition and quality control

General

Microbiology

Packaging, storage and transport

Sensory

Winemaking practices


Analysis, composition and quality control

  • Influence of cold pre-fermentation maceration on the volatilomic pattern and aroma of white wines [Read full-text online] Foods
  • Evolution of seed-soluble and insoluble tannins during grape berry maturation [Read full-text online] Molecules
  • Different SO2 doses and the impact on amino acid and volatile profiles of white wines [Read full-text online] Beverages
  • Uncorking haloanisoles in wine [Read full-text online] Molecules
  • Calcium tartrate instability A new and increasingly widespread challenge that can be managed by safe and easy-to-apply means. [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal

General

  • How do the oenologists imagine the wine industry in 2050? Forecasting exercise for the trends of the sector and the profession. [Comment les oenologues imaginent-ils la filière viti-vinicole en 2050? Exercice de projection sur les évolutions de la filière et du métier.] [Read full-text online] Revue Française d’Œnologie
  • Impact of climate change on the aroma of red wines: a focus on dried fruit aromas [Read full-text online] Infowine – Internet Journal of Viticulture and Enology
  • The French paradox, thirty years on. [Oeno sélection. Le French paradox, trente ans plus tard.] [Read full-text online] Revue Française d’Œnologie
  • Taylors Wines boasts clear benefits of water filtration system [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • The global trends influencing wine exports [Request copy from AWRI Library] WBM: Australia’s Wine Business Magazine

Microbiology

  • Evaluation of the application of Wickerhamomyces anomalus supernatant for the control of relevant spoilage yeasts in wines [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Fructophilic Yeasts: Consequences of yeast strain selections [Read full-text online] Internet Journal of Viticulture and Enology
  • Metschnikowia pulcherrima in cold clarification: Biocontrol activity and aroma enhancement in Verdicchio wine [Read full-text online] Fermentation

Packaging, storage and transport

Sensory

  • New online monitoring approaches to describe and understand the kinetics of acetaldehyde concentration during wine alcoholic fermentation: Access to production balances [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Are the characteristics of sparkling wines obtained by the Traditional or Charmat methods quite different from each other? [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Impact of dilution on whisky aroma: A sensory and volatile composition analysis [Read full-text online] Foods

Winemaking practices

  • Amphorae in vogue: A pure form of expression in winemaking [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Crossflow and membrane plate filtration: Their impact on the quality of different red wines under winery-scale conditions [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • Impact of steam extraction and maceration duration on wines from frozen ‘Frontenac’ must [Read full-text online] Fermentation
  • Effect of microwave treatment for wine microbial stabilisation: Potential use of a Weibullian mathematical model [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Natural Fiano wines fermented in stainless steel tanks, oak barrels, and earthenware amphora [Read full-text online] Processes
  • Thinking of reducing your use of SO2? Some ideas on how to start the journey this vintage [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • The application of non-thermal technologies for wine processing, preservation, and quality enhancement [Read full-text online] Beverages
  • Wine with no alcohol: Dealcoholisation methods. [Vins sans alcool: Désalcoolisation, mode d’emploi.] [Request copy from AWRI Library] La Vigne
  • Minimal intervention enology [Read full-text online] Internet Journal of Viticulture and Enology

SUSTAINABILITY

  • Ask the AWRI: Traditional cap management techniques [Read full-text online] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Comparing the carbon footprint of conventional and organic vineyards in northern Italy [Read full-text online] Sustainability
  • Constructed wetlands for winery wastewater treatment: A review on the technical, environmental and socio-economic benefits [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Science of the Total Environment
  • Method for recovering CO2 from ferments at Maison Moët & Chandon in Champagne. [Système de récupération du CO2 fermentaire de la Maison Moët & Chandon en champagne.] [Read full-text online] Revue Française d’Œnologie
  • Prospective life cycle assessment of viticulture under climate change scenarios, application on two case studies in France [Read abstract online] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Science of the Total Environment
  • Recovery and reuse of CO2 from ferments: Techniques and environmental impact. [Récupération et valorisation du CO2 fermentaire: techniques et impacts sur l’environnement.] [Read full-text online] Revue Française d’Œnologie
  • Recovery of value-added compounds from winery wastewater: A review and bibliometric analysis [Read full-text online] Water
  • Some recycling solutions presented at the last Vinitech. [Des solutions de recyclage présentées au dernier vinitech.] [Read full-text online] Revue Française d’Œnologie
  • The system used for recycling and transforming CO2 at Château Montrose. [Système de recyclage et de transformation du CO2 du Château Montrose.] [Read full-text online] Revue Française d’Œnologie

VITICULTURE

Agrochemical

Climate and weather

General

Grapevine nutrition

Physiology

Pests, diseases and virus

Soil management

Vineyard management

Water and irrigation


Agrochemical

Climate and weather

  • Trends and climatic variability in the Chilean viticultural production zones: three decades of climatic data (1985-2015) [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • Bioclimatic characterization relating to temperature and subsequent future scenarios of vine growing across the Apulia region in southern Italy [Read full-text online] Agriculture
  • Climate change-induced aridity is affecting agriculture in northeast Italy [Read full-text online] Agricultural Systems
  • Grapevine leaf physiology and morphological characteristics to elevated CO2 in the VineyardFACE (Free air Carbon dioxide Enrichment) experiment [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Climate projections for Pinot noir ripening potential in the Fort Ross-Seaview, Los Carneros, Petaluma Gap, and Russian River Valley American viticultural areas [Read full-text online] Agronomy
  • Wind speed, sun exposure and water status alter sunburn susceptibility of grape berries [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Protection against spring frosts : what to take away from experiments conducted in Champagne. [Protection contre le gel de printemps: Ce qu’il faut retenir des expérimentations en Champagne.] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Le Vigneron Champenois

General

Grapevine nutrition

Physiology

  • Evaluation of carbon balance and carbohydrate reserves from forced (Vitis vinifera L.) cv. Tempranillo vines [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Leaf removal and deficit irrigation have diverse outcomes on composition and gene expression during berry development of Vitis vinifera L. cultivar Xinomavro [Read full-text online] OENO One

Pest, diseases and virus

  • Fungicide resistance: Effective management practices for healthy vines and budgets [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • GPGV (Grapevine Pinot Gris Virus) Status update on an emerging virus and its associated symptoms. [GPGV État des lieux sur une virose émergente et les symptômes associés.] [Request copy from AWRI Library] Le Vigneron Champenois
  • Growers beware of infected grafted vines [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker
  • Antifungal activity of chili pepper extract with potential for the control of some major pathogens in grapevine [Read full-text online] Pest Management Science
  • Editorial: Fungal pathogens causing the grapevine trunk diseases- biology and identification [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Fungal Biology
  • Scare tactics: Robotic technologies applied to bird scaring [Read full-text online] New Zealand Winegrower
  • Can the addition of spray adjuvants to fungicide improve wound coverage and control of Eutypa dieback? [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • Traditional approaches and emerging biotechnologies in grapevine virology [Read full-text online] Viruses

Soil management

  • Biochar impacts on soil carbon pools and nitrogen transformations in Queensland vineyard soil [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • Cover crops, soil organic carbon and a confluence of co-benefits – A glimpse from under the vines [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • From vine to wine: The impact of nitrogen fertiliser applications in a cool climate vineyard to address YAN deficiencies [Request copy from AWRI Library] Wine & Viticulture Journal
  • It’s costly without glypho. [Sans glypho, ça coûte cher.] [Request copy from AWRI Library] La Vigne
  • Opportunities and challenges for cover cropping in sustainable agriculture systems in Southern Australia [Read full-text online] Agriculture
  • Cover crops and no-tillage show negligible effects on grapevine physiology in Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystems [Read full-text online] OENO One
  • The role of soil temperature in Mediterranean vineyards in a climate change context [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Understanding, measuring and ameliorating soil compaction in vineyards [Request copy from AWRI Library] Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker

Vineyard management

  • Adapting wine grape production to climate change through canopy architecture manipulation and irrigation in warm climates [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Testing field adaptation strategies for delaying grape ripening and improving wine composition in a cv. Macabeo Mediterranean vineyard [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in Amarone wines: Influence of aging, withering, grape variety, and geographical origin [Read full-text online] Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Water and irrigation

  • Generalized water production relations through process-based modeling: A viticulture example [Read full-text online] Agricultural Water Management
  • Towards grapevine root architectural models to adapt viticulture to drought [Read full-text online] Frontiers in Plant Science

BUSINESS

  • Problems and opportunities within the wine industry in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic [Read full-text online] Agriculture