Viticulture and winemaking are important socioeconomic sectors in many European regions.
Climate plays a vital role in the terroir of a given wine region, as it strongly controls canopy …

Climate change will impose increasingly warm and dry conditions on vineyards. Wine
quality and yield are strongly influenced by climatic conditions and depend on complex …

Wine grapes present a unique biogeography model, wherein microbial biodiversity patterns
across viticultural zones not only answer questions of dispersal and community …

The Science of Grapevines, Third Edition reflects the latest insights into cultivar
relationships, vascular transport, hormone action, and stress responses of grapevines …

Climate change is exerting an increasingly profound influence on vine phenology and grape
composition, and ultimately affects vinifications, wine microbiology and chemistry, and …

This study concerns firstly the methodology to describe the climate of vineyards, on a
macroclimate scale of viticultural regions worldwide. Three synthetic and complementary …

Wine is made up of more than one thousand compounds, the majority of which, such as
vitamins and minerals, come from the grapes, while others, like ethanol and glycerol, are …

Flavonoids are a large and diverse group of compounds that, by their presence or absence,
contribute greatly to wine quality. While the flavonoid content and composition of a wine …

Terroir is a highly important concept in viticulture because it relates the sensory attributes of
wine to the environmental conditions in which the grapes are grown. Quality hierarchy and …

Plant phenolics have been for many years a theme of major scientific and applied interest.
Grape berry phenolics contribute to organoleptic properties, color and protection against …