Articles selection: veraison and grape maturity

Veraison is happening in the Northern Hemisphere! 👇 Find here a selection of 4 articles published in IVES Technical Reviews linked to this important moment.

🍇 The veraison marks the beginning of the ripening process of the grapes, which finishes at the harvest. Veraison can be defined as BBCH 85 Stage M: we consider that a berry has completed its veraison if it is soft to the touch.

👉 For more information about vineyard and analytical activities to perform from the veraison stage until harvest, dive into the following articles published on IVES Technical Reviews (technical articles available in 6 languages):–

• Detailing ripening phenological stages: discrepancies, usefulness and proposal
  By Pascal Marty.
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• Leaf area management affects grape nitrogen content
  By Thibaut Verdenal, Vivian Zufferey, Mélanie Huberty, Claire Melot, Ágnes Dienes-Nagy, and Jean-Laurent Spring.
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• Aromatic ripeness may be the type of maturity that impacts red wine typicity the most.
  – Part I: the aromas involved in aromatic ripeness
  – Part II: terroir factors and management practices affecting aromatic ripeness
  By Cornelis van Leeuwen, Jean-Christophe Barbe, Justine Garbay, Mark Gowdy, Georgia Lytra, Marc Plantevin, Alexandre Pons, Cécile Thibon, Stéphanie Marchand.
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• Plasticity of red wine sensory profiles: improved understanding through grape berry sugar loading profiles
  By Guillaume Antalick, Katja Šuklje, John W. Blackman, Leigh M. Schmidtke, Alain Deloire.

🌍 The articles are freely available in 6 languages: English, Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Português.