Alcohol consumption and closed borders - how COVID-19 restrictions have impacted alcohol sales and consumption in Europe by Håkan Leifman, Kalle Dramstad, Emil Juslin

“…Methods The study covers 72 months from January 2015 to December 2020 in 14 countries from northern, central and western Europe with excise revenue data for beer, spirits, wine separately and summed, converted into litres of pure alcohol per capita 15+ as a proxy for alcohol sales. …”
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Added-Value Compounds in Cork By-Products: Methods for Extraction, Identification, and Quantification of Compounds with Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Interest by Carolina Morais Carriço, Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, Honorina Cidade, Carlos Afonso, Joana Rocha e Silva, Isabel F. Almeida

“…Currently, its major application is the production of cork stoppers for the wine industry, a process that, although considered sustainable, generates by-products in the form of cork powder, cork granulates, or waste such as black condensate, among others. …”
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Improving Breviscapine Oral Bioavailability by Preparing Nanosuspensions, Liposomes and Phospholipid Complexes by Zilin Song, Jiaojiao Yin, Peifu Xiao, Jin Chen, Jingxin Gou, Yanjiao Wang, Yu Zhang, Tian Yin, Xing Tang, Haibing He

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Vineyard soil texture and pH effects on Meloidogyne hapla and Mesocriconema xenoplax by Katherine E. East, Inga A. Zasada, Jungmin Lee, R. Paul Schreiner, Devin A. Rippner

“…Abstract Northern root‐knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla) and ring nematode (Mesocriconema xenoplax) are the most prevalent plant‐parasitic nematodes of wine grapes in the Pacific Northwest, but M. hapla is most important in eastern Washington and M. xenoplax in western Oregon. …”
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Effects of Rootstocks on Blade Nutritional Content of Two Minority Grapevine Varieties Cultivated under Hyper-Arid Conditions in Northern Chile by Nicolás Verdugo-Vásquez, Gastón Gutiérrez-Gamboa, Emilio Villalobos-Soublett, Andrés Zurita-Silva

“…In the 90s, as in other countries, transformation of Chilean viticulture brought about the introduction and spread of European grapevine varieties which has resulted in a massive loss of minor local and autochthonous grapevine varieties traditionally grown in several wine growing regions. Fortunately, in recent years, autochthonous and minority varieties have been revalued due to their high tolerance to pests and diseases and because of their adaptation to thermal and water stress triggered by global warming. …”
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Nutraceutical and Functional Properties of Peel, Pulp, and Seed Extracts of Six ‘Köhnü’ Grape Clones by Muhammed Kupe, Neva Karatas, Mehmet Settar Unal, Sezai Ercisli, Mojmir Baron, Jiri Sochor

“…Grape production has a long history in the Elazig province and surrounding vicinity and produced grapes have been used for table consumption and also processed into traditional beverages, Şıra (special non-alcoholic grape juice) and wine. In the Elazig province, the main grape cultivars are ‘Ağın Beyazı’, ‘Öküzgözü’, ‘Boğazkere’, ‘Şilfoni’, ‘Tahannebi’, and ‘Köhnü’. …”
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Enhanced Recovery of Natural Antioxidants from Grape Waste Using Natural Eutectic Solvents-Based Microwave-Assisted Extraction by Raquel Cañadas, Blanca Sáenz de Miera, Paloma Méndez, Emilio J. González, María González-Miquel

“…The evaluation of sustainable solvents as alternatives to more harmful conventional solvents combined with intensification techniques to recover phenolic compounds from agri-food waste is in the spotlight. The wine industry generates large amounts of waste as a consequence of grape processing operations, which can be revalued by solvent extraction of valuable antioxidants for food and fine chemical applications. …”
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The poetics of the riddle in Lesya Ukrainka`s "northern" works by Antonina Tymchenko

“…In the fantasy "Polar Night" a phantasmagoric depiction of the meeting of an old man, a young fellow, a woman, a child in a mysterious locus, their conversation about darkness and light, day and night, the motives of the feast and spilled wine reflect the biblical context of the afterlife or the level of existential search for human existence, ability or inability to experience the joy, to wake up to a new life. …”
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Maximizing the potential of numerical weather prediction models: lessons learned from combining high-performance computing and cloud computing by P. Vourlioti, S. Kotsopoulos, T. Mamouka, A. Agrafiotis, F. J. Nieto, C. F. Sánchez, C. G. Llerena, S. García González

“…In this service a predictive model based on Machine learning (ML) techniques is created with the aim of preventing and controlling grape vine diseases in the wine cultivation sector. Aside from the predictive ML, meteorological forecasts are crucial input to train the ML models and on a second step to be used as input for the operational prediction of grapevine diseases. …”
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A cross-sectional study of self-reported general health, lifestyle factors, and disease: the Hordaland Health Study by Randi Jepsen, Tadesse Washo Dogisso, Elin Dysvik, John Roger Andersen, Gerd Karin Natvig

“…Furthermore, a moderate intake of wine (OR 0.6, p < 0.001) or strenuous physical activity (OR 0.5, p < 0.001) decreased the risk of poor health. …”
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Seasonal Migrations of <i>Pantala flavescens</i> (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Middle Asia and Understanding of the Migration Model in the Afro-Asian Region Using Stable Isotopes of H... by Sergey N. Borisov, Ivan K. Iakovlev, Alexey S. Borisov, Mikhail Yu. Ganin, Alexei V. Tiunov

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Pleiotropic benefit of monomeric and oligomeric flavanols on vascular health--a randomized controlled clinical pilot study. by Antje R Weseler, Erik J B Ruijters, Marie-José Drittij-Reijnders, Koen D Reesink, Guido R M M Haenen, Aalt Bast

“…Epidemiological studies suggest that flavanol-rich foods (e.g. grapes, wine, chocolate) sustain cardiovascular health. For an evidenced-based application, however, sound clinical data on their efficacy are strongly demanded.In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled intervention study we supplemented 28 male smokers with 200 mg per day of monomeric and oligomeric flavanols (MOF) from grape seeds. …”
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Digital Influencers, Food and Tourism—A New Model of Open Innovation for Businesses in the Ho.Re.Ca. Sector by Marzia Ingrassia, Claudio Bellia, Chiara Giurdanella, Pietro Columba, Stefania Chironi

“…This study analyses Chiara Ferragni’s activity and the dynamic of communication she used via her Instagram (IG) profile to enhance Italian tourist destinations and “local food &amp; wine”. Specifically, it measured the contribution of local food used as an evocative factor in the appreciation of a tourist destination and its power in different contexts. …”
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Characterisation of native Dagestan grape cultivars using SSR-analysis and the main ampelographic features of the leaves by E. T. Ilnitskaya, I. I. Suprun, L. G. Naumova, S. V. Tokmakov, V. A. Ganich

“…In addition, the grapevine cultivars studied were described for the main features of the formed leaves according to the method of the international organization of vine and wine. The similarity of cultivars Gok Ala and Agadai was shown by the results of analysis of the leaves characteristics and according to SSR-profiling.…”
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Larger is Better in the Parasitoid <i>Eretmocerus warrae</i> (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) by Tao Wang, Michael A. Keller

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Trichoderma harzianum inoculation promotes sweet sorghum growth in the saline soil by modulating rhizosphere available nutrients and bacterial community by Yanli Wei, Han Yang, Jindong Hu, Hongmei Li, Zhongjuan Zhao, Yuanzheng Wu, Jishun Li, Yi Zhou, Kai Yang, Hetong Yang

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Comparative Study Regarding the Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Among Older Adults Living in Lebanon and Syria by Joanne Karam, Carole Serhan, Eman Swaidan, Mireille Serhan

“…Lebanese participants (7.82 ± 2.32) had slightly higher adherence than Syrian participants (7.31 ± 2.04). Wine, sofrito, vegetables, and olive oil were mostly consumed by participants, with differences in consumption between the Lebanese and Syrian adults. …”
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Can Satellite Remote Sensing Assist in the Characterization of Yeasts Related to Biogeographical Origin? by David Castrillo, Pilar Blanco, Sergio Vélez

“…Biogeography is a key concept associated with microbial terroir, which is responsible for the differentiation and uniqueness of wines. One of the factors influencing this microbial terroir is the vegetation, which in turn is influenced by climate, soil, and cultural practices. …”
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Physical activity levels affect mental health and behavior in men by María Carreira-Míguez, Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

“…We found that participants with higher levels of both aerobic and self-loading physical activity generally demonstrated better nutritional habits, including higher water intake (p < 0.001; Effect Size (ES) = 0.62 and p < 0.001; ES = 0.69, respectively), higher weekly consumption of meat (p = 0.007; ES = 3.10 and p < 0.001; ES = 0.40, respectively), fish (p < 0.001; ES = 3.13 and p = 0.023; ES = 0.22, respectively), eggs (p = 0.002; ES = 2.80 and p = 0.002; ES = 0.30, respectively), greater vitality (p < 0.001; ES = 0.50 and p = 0.006; ES = 0.21, respectively), and lower alcohol consumption, including beer (p = 0.007; ES = 0.25 and p < 0.001; ES = 0.36, respectively) and wine (p = 0.001; ES = 0.30 and p < 0.001; ES = 0.50), among other healthy habits compared to participants with lower levels of physical activity. …”
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Host Factors Modulating Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis during Fruit Colonization by <i>Aspergillus carbonarius</i> by Uriel Maor, Omer Barda, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Yang Bi, Varda Zakin, Dov B. Prusky, Edward Sionov

“…<i>Aspergillus carbonarius</i> is a strong and consistent ochratoxin A (OTA) producer and considered to be the main source of this toxic metabolite in grapes and grape products such as wine, grape juice and dried vine fruit. OTA is produced under certain growth conditions and its accumulation is affected by several environmental factors, such as growth phase, substrate, temperature, water activity and pH. …”
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