Sweet, Reinforced and Fortified Wines

List of Contributors ix
Glossary xiii
Introduction 1
Fabio Mencarelli and Pietro Tonutti
PART 1 HISTORY
1 Sweet Wines: The Essence of European Civilization 5
Attilio Scienza
PART 2 VINEYARD MANAGEMENT, ON-VINE AND POSTHARVEST GRAPEDEHYDRATION, VINIFICATION
2 Management of the Vineyard 29
Osvaldo Failla, Laura Rustioni and Giancarlo Scalabrelli
3 Technology and Management of Postharvest Dehydration 51
Fabio Mencarelli and Andrea Bellincontro
4 Biochemistry and Physiology of Dehydrating Berries 77
Pietro Tonutti and Claudio Bonghi
5 Changes in Volatile Compounds 91
Claudio D'Onofrio
6 Changes in Phenolic Compounds 105
Danilo Corradini and Isabella Nicoletti
7 Changes in Physical and Mechanical Properties of DehydratingBerries 119
Luca Rolle and Vincenzo Gerbi
8 Management of Vinification and Stabilization to Preserve theAroma Characteristic of Dehydrated Grape 131
Luigi Moio and Paola Piombino
9 Methods of Vinification to Preserve the Colour in Red GrapePassitiWines. Aleatico: a Case Study 145
Riccardo Cotarella
10 Role of Yeasts in Sweet Wines 153
Juan C. Garc´ya-Mauricio and TeresaGarc´ya-Mart´ynez
11 Botrytis Infection: Grey Mould and Noble Rot 159
Andrea Vannini and Gabriele Chilosi
12 Vinification and Aroma Characteristic of Botrytized Grape171
Pierre Louis Teissedre and Bernard Don`eche
PART 3 THE WINES
13 Amarone 189
Daniele Accordini
14 Moscato Passito 205
Daniele Eberle
15 Italian PassitoWines 215
Attilio Scienza
16 Pedro Xim´enez and Malaga 251
Juan J. Moreno-Vigara and Juan C.Garc´ya-Mauricio
17 Tokaj 269
Zolt´an Ker´enyi
18 Vin de Paille 277
Pierre Louis Teissedre, Bernard Don`eche and KleopatraChira
19 Botrytized Wines: Sauternes, German Wines 285
Pierre Louis Teissedre and Bernard Don`eche
20 IceWine 301
Nikolin Musabelliu
21 Port 305
Tim Hogg
22 Marsala 319
Andrea Zanfi and Silvia Mencarelli
23 Notes on Other Sweet Wines 327
Fabio Mencarelli
PART 4 MARKET AND MARKETING
24 Sweet Wine Market 333
Renzo Cotarella
25 A Strategic Framework for Marketing Sweet, Reinforced andFortified Wines 337
Alberto Mattiacci and Costanza Nosi
Analytical Index 351
Grapes and Wine Index 355