Fruit growing
and viticulture of South Russia

Annotation

Harvesting and processing of white Chardonnay grapes and red grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon grown in the Southern climate condition of the four districts of the Krasnodar territory are done. The agrotechnical data collected from experimental plots (name of farm, square of plot, age of the vineyard, weight of the grape samples). The results of determination of physical-chemical parameters of the examined grape musts and wine products indicate the technological and physiological maturity of grapes. Harvested grapes for study were healthy, with the necessary amount of sugars and acids for the production of high quality dry table wines. The most important value to determine the taste and nutritional qualities of grapes and their suitability for technical processing are sugar and organic acids. The sugar content in the must from Chardonnay grapes ranged from 18,1 to 23.7 g/100 cm3 , from grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon � from 18.8 to 25.2 g/100 cm3. Mass concentration of titratable acids in the experimental wine materials was in the range required by the standard. Almost of all dry wine materials had a high alcohol content � from 11.1 to 14.9 % vol., due to high sugar accumulation in the berries. High values of the given extract (more than 16 g/dm3 for white wines and more than 18 g/dm3 for red wines) were in the whole of wine materials. The high-quality raw materials f or the production of table wines were made using the classic technology, which was confirmed by high organoleptic assessment of wines. The obtained results can be used as the basis for the development of a modern system of quality assessment of wine production in the Russian Federation, as well as assessment of the geographic origin and the season of wine-making.