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Effect of Training Systems on Viognier (Vitis vinifera L.) Grape and Wine Glycosides and Volatile Compounds

Abstract

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Viognier (Vitis vinifera L.) grapes were grown in Northern Virginia for three seasons using three different training systems in a randomized complete block design consisting of Vertical Shoot Positioned (VSP), Smart Dyson (SD), and Geneva Double Curtain (GDC), and evaluated for the effects on grape and wine glycosides and volatile compounds. Fruit was harvested at the same Brix each season, and differences in berry weights were not observed. VSP-trained vines had the lowest crop load and lowest light levels in the fruit zone. Seventeen volatile compounds were analyzed using headspace solid-phase microextraction, GC-MS. Fruit showed differences in linalool, á-terpineol, â-damascenone, and n-hexanol concentrations among the training systems. Wines showed differences in both grape-derived and fermentation-derived volatiles. SD had the highest concentration for most of the free volatiles quantified in both the juice and wine. VSP had lower phenol-free wine glycosides all three seasons and lower phenol-free juice glycosides one season. Triangle difference sensory testing demonstrated differences between GDC and SD in wine aroma and flavor, and differences between VSP and SD in flavor, for two of three seasons.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Food Science and Technology
Department dc:contributor.department
Food Science and Technology
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2005

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Millard, Lindsay Theresa
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Zoecklein, Bruce W.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • O'Keefe, Sean F.
  • Duncan, Susan E.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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etd-03162005-163933
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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/41636

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Millard, Lindsay Theresa. Effect of Training Systems on Viognier (Vitis vinifera L.) Grape and Wine Glycosides and Volatile Compounds. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41636