2024
Enology II
Name: Enology II
Code: FIT13068L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Agricultural and Food Engineering
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This UC intends to give an overview of the processes, both physical and chemical, involved in the clarification and stabilization of wines. Students should acquire knowledge on post-winemaking technologies and the impact of each option on the characteristics of wines
At the end of the UC students should be able to plan and execute the treatments necessary to obtain a quality wine, stable and clarified.
At the end of the UC students should be able to plan and execute the treatments necessary to obtain a quality wine, stable and clarified.
Contents
1- General considerations on clarification and stabilization of wines.
2 - Spontaneous clarification and clarification by finning. The different types of finning products. Finning technology
3 - Changes in the clarity of wines. Metallic precipitations, protein precipitations, tartaric precipitations, precipitation of coloring matter.
4 - Diseases and alterations of wines.
5 - The filtration of wines. The different types of filtering materials. The different types of filters. The centrifugation.
6 - Finning tests. Protein stability assays. Determination of the filterability and clarity of the wine. Tartaric stability assays. Identification of different precipitates.
2 - Spontaneous clarification and clarification by finning. The different types of finning products. Finning technology
3 - Changes in the clarity of wines. Metallic precipitations, protein precipitations, tartaric precipitations, precipitation of coloring matter.
4 - Diseases and alterations of wines.
5 - The filtration of wines. The different types of filtering materials. The different types of filters. The centrifugation.
6 - Finning tests. Protein stability assays. Determination of the filterability and clarity of the wine. Tartaric stability assays. Identification of different precipitates.
Teaching Methods
The approach of the contents of this unit is made through lectures of an essentially theoretical-practical nature, with theoretical exposition of the subjects to be taught and with the presentation of practical examples either in a cellar context or in a laboratory context.
The evaluation consists of two frequencies and / or final exam.
The evaluation consists of two frequencies and / or final exam.
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
