Grape ( spp.) is one of the most important horticultural crops, cultivated worldwide on more than 7.3 million hectares for various purposes such as winemaking, fresh fruit consumption, rootstock, and ornamental plants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(synonym ) is an important non-S yeast in winemaking with valuable oenological properties, accompanying species in sweet wine fermentation, and has been suggested also for application as combined starter culture in dry or sweet wines. In this study, the major metabolites and nitrogen utilization of these yeasts are evaluated in the musts with high or extremely high sugar concentration. The change in the metabolic footprint of , and strains was compared when they were present as pure cultures in chemically defined grape juice medium with 220 and 320 g/L of sugar, to represent a fully matured and an overripe grape.
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