Fruit growing
and viticulture of South Russia

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This article presents the results of the study and systematization of the main ash elements and acid composition of varietal dry white wines made from grapes grown in the conditions of the Anapa-Taman and Central zones of the Krasnodar region. The relevance of the research is due to the lack of large data sets of indicators of authentic wine products to establish significant correlations and develop automated models for assessing the quality and authentication of wines, including with regional and varietal identification. As objects of research, varietal dry wines produced from white grape varieties grown in the conditions of the �Kuban� zone were selected: Aligote, Bianca, Viorica, white Muscat, Pervenets Magaracha, Pinot Blanc, Riesling Rhenish, Siber�kovyi, Sauvignon Blanc, Traminer, Tsitronnyi Magaracha, Chardonnay, etc. The wines were made using the same technology of low-oxidized pure white wines (100 % from one grape variety, hand-picking). Wine studies have been conducted annually since the 2013 harvest. The data were grouped as follows: mass and molar concentrations of equivalents of titrated acidity of wines, in terms of tartaric acid; total acidity, basic organic acids: tartaric, malic, succinic, citric, acetic, lactic; cations of alkaline and alkaline earth metals: potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium; mass concentrations of ash and its alkalinity by varieties, grape harvest years and zones. It is shown that the minimum mass concentration of ash in genuine dry white wines produced in the Kuban zone is 0.86 g/dm3 , the minimum alkalinity of ash is 15.1 mmol-eqNaOH/dm3 . The results of the research will accelerate the rapid search and analysis of information for the development of a system of identification, quality control and establishing the authenticity of wine products with regional affiliation.

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Currently, due to the active development of viticulture and the expansion of the assortment of cultivated varieties, the current direction of research is the study of promising genotypes and the assessment of the impact of agrotechnical techniques on the productivity and quality of finished products. The purpose of the research was to study the effect of the load of bushes with shoots on the productivity, quality of grapes and wine from the Granatovyi variety growing in the conditions of the Black Sea zone of the Krasnodar region (Subzone 2). The studies were conducted in 2020-2022. The field experiment included three experimental variants of loading bushes with shoots 1) 100,000 shoots/ha; 2) 120,000 shoots/ha; 3) 140,000 shoots/ha. It is established that the fruitfulness coefficients decrease with an increase in the load of bushes with shoots, and an increase in the number of inflorescences occurs due to an increase in the number of shoots. The productivity of Granatovyi grape variety ranged from 4.7 to 5.0 kg per bush. It is noted that with an increase in the load of bushes with shoots, the range of fluctuations in the mass concentration of sugars increases from 2.2 g/100 cm3 to 3.5 g/100 cm3 . The samples of dry wines in bulk (wine materials) with a load of 120,000 shoots per hectare had the greatest stability of the tasting assessment over the years � the fluctuation interval was no more than 0.2 points. For the Granatovyi grape variety in the conditions of the Black Sea zone of the Krasnodar region (Subzone 2), a load of 120,000 shoots per hectare (36 shoots per bush with a planting scheme of 3.0x1.0 m) is recommended to ensure the receipt of 4.8 kg of high-quality grapes from the bush and the production of wine materials with a tasting score of 8.2 points.