Table of Contents
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 Grape Dehydration, 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 Dehydrating Berries 119 Luca Rolle and Vincenzo Gerbi
8 Management of Vinification and Stabilization to Preserve the Aroma Characteristic of Dehydrated Grape 131 Luigi Moio and Paola Piombino
9 Methods of Vinification to Preserve the Colour in Red Grape Passiti Wines. Aleatico: a Case Study 145 Riccardo Cotarella
10 Role of Yeasts in Sweet Wines 153 Juan C. García-Mauricio and Teresa García-Martínez
11 Botrytis Infection: Grey Mould and Noble Rot 159 Andrea Vannini and Gabriele Chilosi
12 Vinification and Aroma Characteristic of Botrytized Grape 171 Pierre Louis Teissedre and Bernard Donèche
Part 3 The Wines
13 Amarone 189 Daniele Accordini
14 Moscato Passito 205 Daniele Eberle
15 Italian Passito Wines 215 Attilio Scienza
16 Pedro Ximénez and Malaga 251 Juan J. Moreno-Vigara and Juan C. García-Mauricio
17 Tokaj 269 Zoltán Kerényi
18 Vin de Paille 277 Pierre Louis Teissedre, Bernard Donèche and Kleopatra Chira
19 Botrytized Wines: Sauternes, German Wines 285 Pierre Louis Teissedre and Bernard Donèche
20 Ice Wine 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 and Fortified Wines 337 Alberto Mattiacci and Costanza Nosi
Analytical Index 351
Grapes and Wine Index 355