Thinking Inside the Box: A Novel Approach to Smoke Taint Mitigation Trials.

ABSTRACT: When bushfires occur near wine regions, grapevine exposure to smoke can taint grapes due to the uptake of smoke-derived volatile compounds that can subsequently impart unpleasant smoky, medicinal, burnt rubber and ashy characters to wine. Whereas early research sought to understand the effects of smoke on grapevine physiology, and grape and wine chemistry, research efforts have shifted towards the strategic imperative for effective mitigation strategies. This study evaluated the extent to which excised grape bunches could be reproducibly tainted during smoke exposure in a purpose-built 'smoke box'. The volatile phenol composition of grapes exposed to smoke for 30 min was similar to that of smoke-affected grapes from field trials involving grapevine exposure to smoke. Some variation was obs

SUBMITTER: Szeto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8911903 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature