STUDIES CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF GRAPES FROM FETEASCA REGALA AND RISLING ITALIAN VARIETIES DEPENDING ON MATURATION DEGREE AND VEGETATION CONDITIONS

  • Sevastita Muste University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Cluj-Napoca
  • Maria Tofana
  • Elena Mudura
  • Crina Muresan
  • Constanta Modoran
  • Emil Racolta
  • Ileana Bogdan
  • Tania Mihaiescu
Keywords: grapes, acidity, grape clusters, sugars, maturity, consummation, wine manufacturing, grape

Abstract

Knowing the evolution of grapes maturity is of great importance in grapes and good quality and healthy wines. The ripening period has 2 limits – the beginning date and the end day – one cannot be precise about the optimal moment for harvest inside this period, which is usually 10-15 days of duration.