Project title: Protecting wines from protein haze using chitin-rich yeast strains and chitin-enriched yeast cell walls
Project number: SAGWRI DR 22-01
Project leader: Debra Rossouw
Project Number: IWBT-Y 11-01
Project leader: Divol, B
Enzymes play a crucial role in winemaking. Most microbial enzymes are intracellular and govern the fermentation processes. Additionally, yeasts and bacteria secrete...
Project Number: IWBT-Y 16-01
Project leader: Rossouw, D
The screening of wine microbiomes has yielded new species and strains of yeast (Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces) and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with...
Project number: SAGWRI BD 20-01
Project leader: Divol, B.
This project will monitor the redox status of various yeast species and strains and assess the environmental conditions that can be manipulated by the winemakers to enhance yeasts persistence and contribution.