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Category: Tannins
Can early defoliation improve fruit and wine quality from high yielding vines?
Introduction Vines with too much yield are often maturing too slowly or producing a fruit of suboptimal quality for wine. A typical practice to reduce yield …
Sluggish ripening dynamics: who is the culprit in 2017 in Northern California?
This discussion is a follow up with our last blog on the 2017 maturation What is the situation end of september? A general disorder in sugar …
Managing phenolics in the vineyard
Phenolics within the grape play an important role in a wine’s sensorial properties, such as color, astringency, mouthfeel, and bitterness. For example, increasing the size …
It’s in your head: Wine flavors come from your brain
Where does the taste of wine come from? While most of us would refer to the grapes, winemaking techniques or vintages, few approach wine tasting …
Optimizing cluster microclimate through canopy manipulation
Temperature management has a direct impact on fruit quality. According to Bonada et al. (2015), high temperature may affect the degree to which water deficit …
How do climate and irrigation affect wine tannin?
In a previous post, we talked about what scientists have learned recently about tannin structure and activity. Tannin is one of the key determinants of wine …