Expertise documents

ESL 2007: Global warming brings new oenological challenges

Proceedings of the XIXth Entretiens Scientifiques Lallemand held in Margaux, France discusses how climate change is impacting grape and wine production.  Topics presented included climate change and viticulture, challenges faced by yeast with higher alcohol, malolactic fermentation and grape phenolic maturity. Cahier19 Lall

ESL 2006: New trends in the use of specialty inactivated yeast during winemaking

Proceedings of the XVIIIth Entretiens Scientifiques Lallemand held in South Africa discusses the role and contribution of specifically inactivated yeast and their products in winemaking.  Topics presented included effects of inactivated dried yeast in fermentation, the complexities of yeast cell walls and what they offer to wine, and how mannoproteins interact with wine polyphenols. Cahier18e Lall

ESL 2005: Yeast’s contribution to the sensory profile of wine

Proceedings of the XVIIth Entretiens Scientifiques Lallemand held in La Rioja, Spain discusses how to maintain regional typicity and biodiversity with increasing globalisation.  Topics presented included role of yeast in release of aroma compounds from glycosides, biodiversity of yeast, wine aging on yeast lees and wine yeast strain development. Cahier05 Lall

ESL 2004: Wine quality and malolactic fermentation

Proceedings of the XVIth Entretiens Scientifiques Lallemand held in Porto, Portugal discusses the role lactic acid bacteria and malolactic fermentation in winemaking.  Topics presented included yeast-bacteria interactions, impact of S-containing amino acids and glutathione on LAB and MLF, producing buttery wines and the LAB genome project. Cahier Lall 5

Biodiversity meets Terrior – 2016 Proceedings of the Entretiens Scientifiques Lallemand

Proceedings of the XXVIth Entretiens Scientifiques Lallemand held in Osoyoos, Canada focused on understanding that microbiological diversity is essential for controlling the production of quality wine.  Topics presented included the diversity of microbial populations in the vineyard and in winery fermentations. ESL 2016 Canada - ENG