Paola Piombino

Aug 12, 2024 | scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Paola Piombino |Elisabetta Pittari |Alessandro Genovese |Andrea Bellincontro

INTRODUCTION Questioning the idea that dehydration is just a concentration process linked to water loss, some studies have tried to understand how different dehydration conditions can impact the volatile composition of grapes1-12 and wines.4, 6, 8, 9, 13-18 Different results were found, depending on the grape variety investigated and the conditions under which dehydration was applied.

Oct 4, 2023 | mdpi.com | Paola Piombino |Elisabetta Pittari |Alessandro Genovese |Andrea Bellincontro

1. IntroductionIn the production of high-quality wines, canopy/crop-management practices (i.e., shoot trimming, pruning, cluster thinning, irrigation, and defoliation) are widely applied by grape growers and winemakers to improve berry composition. Among these techniques, cluster zone leaf removal, also known as leaf thinning or defoliation, is a cultural practice mainly aimed at improving canopy and cluster zone microclimates and berry quality [1,2].