Probing into the Effects of Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Viruses on the Physiology, Fruit Quality and Gene Expression of Grapes by Yashu Song, Robert H. Hanner, Baozhong Meng

“…Grapevine leafroll is one of the most widespread and highly destructive grapevine diseases that is responsible for great economic losses to the grape and wine industries throughout the world. Six distinct viruses have been implicated in this disease complex. …”
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Beyond Agriculture: Alternative Geographies of Rural Land Investment and Place Effects across the United Kingdom by Nicola Livingstone, Nick Gallent, Iqbal Hamiduddin, Meri Juntti, Phoebe Stirling

“…The case studies include new wine production in Kent, England; transforming the Menie Estate into Trump International Golf Links Scotland (TIGLS); and farm diversification in Northern Ireland. …”
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Ras2 Is Responsible for the Environmental Responses, Melanin Metabolism, and Virulence of <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> by Hua Li, Xuemei Shen, Wenjia Wu, Wanyu Zhang, Yousheng Wang

“…However, under specific environmental conditions, the overripe grapes infected by <i>B. cinerea</i> can be used to brew valuable noble rot wine. As a Ras protein, the role of Bcras2 in the environmental responses of <i>B. cinerea</i> is poorly understood. …”
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A Mixture of Pure, Isolated Polyphenols Worsens the Insulin Resistance and Induces Kidney and Liver Fibrosis Markers in Diet-Induced Obese Mice by Hèctor Sanz-Lamora, Pedro F. Marrero, Diego Haro, Joana Relat

“…The most relevant food sources are fruit and vegetables, red wine, black and green tea, coffee, virgin olive oil, and chocolate, as well as nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices. …”
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The Beginning of Western Greek Amphorae Production in Western Sicily: Archaeometric and Archaeological Studies on 6th–5th Centuries BCE Amphorae Manufactured in Himera by Giuseppe Montana, Luciana Randazzo, Babette Bechtold

“…The identification of a production of western Greek wine (?) amphorae in Himera dating mainly from the third quarter of the 6th to the first quarter of the 5th century BCE breaks new grounds in view of a better interpretation of the colony’s economic development during the later archaic period. …”
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Comparison of Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties of Red (cv. Negramaro) and White (cv. Fiano) Skin Pomace Extracts by Carmela Gerardi, Loris Pinto, Federico Baruzzi, Giovanna Giovinazzo

“…Wine pomace has attracted the attention of the food industry, due to its high content in bioactive compounds, and its multiple healthy activities. …”
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Diet and lifestyle factors associated with fish consumption in men and women: a study of whether gender differences can result in gender-specific confounding by Wennberg Maria, Tornevi Andreas, Johansson Ingegerd, Hörnell Agneta, Norberg Margareta, Bergdahl Ingvar A

“…For women, this was true only for wine.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Except for alcohol, the association between fish consumption and healthy lifestyle did not differ between men and women in northern Sweden. …”
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Intermediate hosts of Protostrongylus pulmonalis (Frölich, 1802) and P. oryctolagi Baboš, 1955 under natural conditions in France by Célia Lesage, Cécile Patrelle, Sylvain Vrignaud, Anouk Decors, Hubert Ferté, Damien Jouet

“…All infested snails were collected in wine cultures. Conclusion This study displays the first description of intermediate hosts of P. oryctolagi and the first report of X. derbentina as natural intermediate host of P. pulmonalis.…”
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Studying the efficiency of algorithms for generating the base of fuzzy production rules for the Wang-Mendel neural network by Ol'ga P. Soldatova, Il'ya A. Lezin, Irina V. Lezina

“…The researches have been done on the basis of four model data sets from the UCI repository: Fisher irises, types of wine drinks, types of breast cancer, and «Space Shuttle» data. …”

A medoid-based deviation ratio index to determine the number of clusters in a dataset by Kariyam, Abdurakhman, Adhitya Ronnie Effendie

“…We use eight real datasets, namely Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, Iris, Wine, Soybean, Ionosphere, Vote, and Credit Approval data, to validate the DRI method. …”
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STUDY ON THE CONTENT OF POLYPHENOLS IN SOME PLANTS FROM THE SPONTANEOUS FLORA FROM THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF SUCEAVA COUNTY by Ofelia ARVINTE, Sonia AMARIEI

“…Among them are Sorbus aucuparia, used as a tonic and energizer, in the form of wine, Carlina acaulis, popularly used to relieve coughs or the Centaurea Jacea, used as a remedy for liver diseases. …”
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Managing Vineyard Topography and Seasonal Variability to Improve Grape Quality and Vineyard Sustainability by Elena Mania, Fabio Petrella, Matteo Giovannozzi, Mauro Piazzi, Alena Wilson, Silvia Guidoni

“…Better understanding the grapevine reaction to external factors/site characteristics can allow for improved site and season-specific management decision making and can contribute to improving vineyard sustainability while maintaining winery objectives and wine typicity.…”
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Part II—Aroma Profile of Twenty White Grapevine Varieties: A Chemotaxonomic Marker Approach by Ángela Díaz-Fernández, Emilia Díaz-Losada, José Manuel Domínguez, Sandra Cortés-Diéguez

“…The importance of white wines in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula has led to study on the aromatic profiles of 20 white grapevine varieties along three consecutive vintages. …”
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Potatoes: Food tourism and beyond by Andrea Giampiccoli, Erasmus Mzobanzi Mnguni, Anna Dłużewska, Oliver Mtapuri

“…This paper contributes to the knowledge on tourism and specifically food tourism by proposing to “open” a new niche of research based on specific foods or their ingredients, which up to now seems to have touched only a very few specific foods (or drinks) and associated ingredients—for instance, the case of grape/wine is exemplar. However, many other specific foods or ingredients could be singularly one-by-one) researched to examine their role in tourism. …”
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Effect of Heat Shock Protein A6 on Changes in Meat Quality of Qinchuan Cattle during Postmortem Maturation by MA Xuhua, LI Yalei, LUO Ruiming, ZHANG Xingya

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Plasma-assisted catalysis for CH4 and CO2 conversion by Paweł Mierczyński, Agnieszka Mierczynska-Vasilev, Małgorzata I. Szynkowska-Jóźwik, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov, Krasimir Vasilev

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Customized measuring station for Peltier modules by Roland Binninger, Sabrina Unmüßig, Marc Vergez, Markus Bartel, Olaf Schäfer-Welsen

“…Peltier modules control temperatures in niche products such as wine coolers and camping fridges or are used to precisely temper processes as for example the duplication of DNA sections. …”
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A Simple GC-MS/MS Method for Determination of Smoke Taint-Related Volatile Phenols in Grapes by Zhiqian Liu, Vilnis Ezernieks, Priyanka Reddy, Aaron Elkins, Christian Krill, Kieran Murphy, Simone Rochfort, German Spangenberg

“…Volatile phenols (VPs) derived from smoke-exposed grapes are known to confer a smoky flavor to wine. Current methods for determination of VPs in grape berries either involve complex sample purification/derivatization steps or employ two analytical platforms for free and bound VP fractions. …”
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Analysis of the Accumulation of Major Aroma Components in Japanese Apricot Fruit (Prunus mume Siebold et Zucc.) during Ripening by LIU Minxin, LIU Chang, WANG Yingxiang, YANG Lili, LI Fangkun, LI Jingming

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How foliar application of vine-shoot extract onto grapevine could affect white must composition? by Rosario Sánchez-Gómez, Eva. P. Pérez-Álvarez, M. Rosario Salinas, Ana Gonzalo-Diago, Amaya Zalacain, Teresa Garde-Cerdán

“…Modern viticulture aims to reduce inputs without reducing grape yield and wine quality. As a result of pruning, vine-shoots are generated as the waste of the vineyard. …”
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