Our university is ranked 19th in research in Oenology worldwide

Research done by our groups of Oenology in Universitat Rovira i Virgili is ranked number 19 worldwide, according a bibliometric study of scientific literature on wine and grapes in the period 2016-2020, and we are number 12 in the period 1950-2020: 

Cimini A, Moresi M (2022) Research trends in the oenological and viticulture sectors. Aust J Grape Wine Res 26 feb, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12546 (open access)

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New article -a mini-review- on strategies for microbiological control of alcoholic fermentation in wines

Strategies for microbiological control of the alcoholic fermentation in wines by exploiting the microbial terroir complexity: A mini-review 

Albert Mas, M. Carmen Portillo

International Journal of Food Microbiology 367 (2022) 109592

This review focuses on the alternatives to current commercial yeast starters, mainly based on the local multispecies starters or controlled spontaneous fermentations, considering the advantages and limitations of each strategy. Also, an ancestral technique based on the use of pre-fermented must (Pied-de-Cuve) is presented, because it provides certain microbial control to the alcoholic fermentation while allows the development of autochthonous microorganisms that might confer microbial typicity to the produced wines.