Advanced Monitoring and Control of Redox Potential in Wine Fermentation across Scales
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Published:2022-12-22
Issue:1
Volume:9
Page:7
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ISSN:2311-5637
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Container-title:Fermentation
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Fermentation
Author:
Nelson JamesORCID,
Coleman Robert,
Chacón-Rodríguez Leticia,
Runnebaum RonORCID,
Boulton RogerORCID,
Knoesen AndréORCID
Abstract
Combined with real-time monitoring of density and temperature, the control of the redox potential provides a new approach to influencing cell metabolism during growth, cell viability and non-growing yeast activity in wine fermentations. Prior research indicates that the problem of sluggish and incomplete fermentation can be alleviated by maintaining a constant redox potential during the ethanol fermentation. A secondary trait of hydrogen sulfide formation from elemental sulfur also seems to be associated with the development of low redox potentials during fermentation and this might be prevented by the deliberate control of redox potentials in a certain range. While the control of the redox potential during wine fermentations has been demonstrated previously at the research scale (100 L), the ability to control it in larger volumes typically seen in commercial conditions remained unanswered. Wine fermentations from the same load of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the 2021 harvest were conducted at three volumes: 100 L and 1500 L in a research winery and 10,000 L in a commercial winery. Using only pulses of air delivery, the redox potential was successfully controlled to −40 mV referenced to a silver/silver chloride electrode throughout the fermentations, at all scales. This appears to be the first published result of a controlled fermentation trial that includes the commercial scale and demonstrates the scalability of control of redox potential in wine fermentations.
Funder
Rodgers University fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stephen Sinclair Scott Endowment
Subject
Plant Science,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous),Food Science
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