Standardization of pre-harvest factors for production of quality red wines
Name of PI with associates
Dr. A.K. Sharma, Sr. Scientist (Post-harvest Technology)
Dr. P.G. Adsule, Director
Dr. R.G. Somkuwar, Principal Scientist (Horticulture)
Dr. K. Banerjee, National Fellow
Objectives:
To standardize the pruning time.
To standardize the crop load.
To identify the proper maturity.
To identify the varietal aroma compounds.
Duration:
1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013
Highlights:
About 78% of grapes production in India is utilized as table purpose, 17-20% for raisin, and remaining for juice and wine. Due to limited domestic consumption of wine and non-availability of standard wine varieties to produce the good quality wines of international standards much emphasis was not given for research on wine making. To meet the domestic demand and considering the production of export quality wine from India, 'wine policy' declared by Maharashtra Government. Very recently, during March 2007 the Karnataka Govt. came in front and declared its 'Wine policy' to boost production of quality wine in the state.
For targeted management to be successfully implemented, an improved understanding of the wine grape production system will be required. In particular, the relationship between the inputs to wine grape production and the outputs (grapes and wine) in terms of both yield and quality need to be better understood if the effects of an inherently spatially variable resource (i.e. the land supporting the vineyard) are to be managed in such a way that offers improvements over the current system of management.
Total outlay: Rs. 42.23 lakhs