Scientists, oenologists and wine professionals from around the world gathered on May 10 at the Relais de Margaux (France) to discuss the impact of climate change on vineyards and winemaking. This c...
Just recently the Winemaker Federation of Australia released the result of 15 month work on how to maintain environmental advantage. "Australia’s wine industry needs to work hard to stay one step ahe
Jeff Bennett, Peter Jarvis, Glen L. Creasy, and Michael C.T. Trought
The carbohydrate (CHO) reserve physiology of Chardonnay grapevines growing in the cool climate of New Zealand was examined in relation to subsequent flowering and fruiting using defoliation treatme...
Sivilotti, P.;Bonetto, C.;Paladin, M.;Peterlunger, E.
Grape phenolics are a relevant part of grape quality, and their metabolism in the berry may be modified by environmental factors. To determine the influence of different water regimes on the polyph...
Jean-Christophe PAYAN*, Iñaki GARCÍA DE CORTÁZAR ATAURI, Bernard SEGUIN
While the 2003 drought and heat wave will be remembered, numerous climate specialists predict more vintages with similar characteristics every second year in the second half of the century, or even...
Jennifer R. Reeve1,*, L. Carpenter-Boggs1, John P. Reganold, Alan L. York, Glenn McGourty and Leo P. McCloskey
Wines produced from biodynamically grown grapes have received increasing attention. Similar to organic agriculture, biodynamics eliminates synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The primary...
Water and nutrients exist together in close association because plant-available nutrient ions are dissolved in the soil solution and nutrient uptake by grapevines depends on water flow through the ...
Eric Serrano, Sylvie Roussel, Laure Gontier, Thierry Dufourcq, Christophe Guizard
Wine production has always been characterized by inconsistent harvest volumes from one year to the next. One of the challenges is to provide the professionals involved in crop estimation with a rel...
Stefano PONI Opening presentation of the 4th Enoforum SIVE, 12th-23d of March 2005
The relation between the quantity of grapes produced per vine (or per hectare) and the quality of the product obtained has always been the main focus in viticulture. The trend of the last ten years...
Andrew G. Reynolds, Tony Molek and Christiane De Savigny
Many growers in the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario are reluctant to use canopy division to address high vigor in their vineyards. An alternative approach of delayed shoot thinning was explored. Pinot...
In the humid climates of the Eastern US, rainfall is erratic. The occurrence, duration and severity of drought stresses are not easy to predict. Do we have significant problems due to drought (sign...
Inmaculada Romero-Cascales, Ana Ortega-Regules, Jose Maria López-Roca, Jose Ignacio Fernández-Fernández and Encarna Gómez-Plaza
The anthocyanin concentration of Vitis vinifera L. cvs. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, and Monastrell grape skins was determined together with anthocyanin extractability at the exact time of ha...
The harvest of botrytized grapes displaying fungal or mouldy aromas is not a new phenomenon (1;2). However, over the last few years, several aromatic defects with a fungal, mouldy or earthy character
Growing vines for wine production presents a special challenge because of the effects of water supplied by irrigation. While necessary to obtain good yields, they should be moderate to avoid negati...
Heazlewood, J. E.;Wilson, S.;Clark, R. J.;Gracie, A.
The effects of fungicides on grape (*Vitis vinifera* L. cv. Pinot noir) pollen germination and tube growth were studied in vitro, and a related field trial examined effects of time of fungicide app...
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