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- Title
Production technologies for reduced alcoholic wines.
- Authors
Schmidtke, Leigh M; Blackman, John W; Agboola, Samson O
- Abstract
The production and sale of alcohol-reduced wines, and the lowering of ethanol concentration in wines with alcohol levels greater than acceptable for a specific wine style, poses a number of technical and marketing challenges. Several engineering solutions and wine production strategies that focus upon pre- or postfermentation technologies have been described and patented for production of wines with lower ethanol concentrations than would naturally arise through normal fermentation and wine production techniques. However, consumer perception and acceptance of the sensory quality of wines manufactured by techniques that utilize thermal distillation for alcohol removal is generally unfavorable. This negative perception from consumers has focused attention on nonthermal production processes and the development or selection of specific yeast strains with downregulated or modified gene expression for alcohol production. The information presented in this review will allow winemakers to assess the relative technical merits of each of the technologies described and make decisions regarding implementation of novel winemaking techniques for reducing ethanol concentration in wine.
- Publication
Journal of food science, 2012, Vol 77, Issue 1, pR25
- ISSN
1750-3841
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02448.x