Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Contributors ix Glossary xiii Introduction 1 Fabio Mencarelli and Pietro Tonutti PART 1 HISTORY 1 Sweet Wines: The Essence of European Civilization 5 Attilio Scienza PART 2 VINEYARD MANAGEMENT, ON-VINE AND POSTHARVEST GRAPE DEHYDRATION, VINIFICATION 2 Management of the Vineyard 29 Osvaldo Failla, Laura Rustioni and Giancarlo Scalabrelli 3 Technology and Management of Postharvest Dehydration 51 Fabio Mencarelli and Andrea Bellincontro 4 Biochemistry and Physiology of Dehydrating Berries 77 Pietro Tonutti and Claudio Bonghi 5 Changes in Volatile Compounds 91 Claudio D'Onofrio 6 Changes in Phenolic Compounds 105 Danilo Corradini and Isabella Nicoletti 7 Changes in Physical and Mechanical Properties of Dehydrating Berries 119 Luca Rolle and Vincenzo Gerbi 8 Management of Vinification and Stabilization to Preserve the Aroma Characteristic of Dehydrated Grape 131 Luigi Moio and Paola Piombino 9 Methods of Vinification to Preserve the Colour in Red Grape PassitiWines. Aleatico: a Case Study 145 Riccardo Cotarella 10 Role of Yeasts in Sweet Wines 153 Juan C. Garc'ya-Mauricio and Teresa Garc'ya-Mart'ynez 11 Botrytis Infection: Grey Mould and Noble Rot 159 Andrea Vannini and Gabriele Chilosi 12 Vinification and Aroma Characteristic of Botrytized Grape 171 Pierre Louis Teissedre and Bernard Don'eche PART 3 THE WINES 13 Amarone 189 Daniele Accordini 14 Moscato Passito 205 Daniele Eberle 15 Italian PassitoWines 215 Attilio Scienza 16 Pedro Xim'enez and Malaga 251 Juan J. Moreno-Vigara and Juan C. Garc'ya-Mauricio 17 Tokaj 269 Zolt'an Ker'enyi 18 Vin de Paille 277 Pierre Louis Teissedre, Bernard Don'eche and Kleopatra Chira 19 Botrytized Wines: Sauternes, German Wines 285 Pierre Louis Teissedre and Bernard Don'eche 20 IceWine 301 Nikolin Musabelliu 21 Port 305 Tim Hogg 22 Marsala 319 Andrea Zanfi and Silvia Mencarelli 23 Notes on Other Sweet Wines 327 Fabio Mencarelli PART 4 MARKET AND MARKETING 24 Sweet Wine Market 333 Renzo Cotarella 25 A Strategic Framework for Marketing Sweet, Reinforced and Fortified Wines 337 Alberto Mattiacci and Costanza Nosi Analytical Index 351 Grapes and Wine Index 355