by Becca • • Comments Off on Ergosterol: A Novel Indicator For Testing Fungal Infections in Grapes
Fungal infections in grapes, be it Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium spp., powdery mildew, or any other rot, is a frequent headache for vineyards, and are infections that threaten the quality of the grapes when picked at harvest, resulting in a lot…
Childhood and adult obesity are both highly problematic in the world today, particular in more developed countries. There is a lot of speculation as to what exactly is causing this rapid increase in obese people in the past few decades,…
Do you change your wine purchase patterns when you’re on hard financial times? Say your income drops: do you purchase the same wine but buy fewer and drink less? Do you drink the same volume of wine but purchase wines…
There is quite a lot of research going on out there exploring different alternatives to using SO2 during winemaking as a result of the negative connotations associated with excess SO2. While SO2 (a.k.a. sulfur dioxide) is naturally present in grapes…