Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00520, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Durall, Daniel (The University of British Columbia), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : British Columbia|Colombie-Britannique, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : Commercial wines are typically produced either by inoculated fermentation, in which a single commercial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is added to the fermentation, or by spontaneous fermentation, which relies on resident wine yeasts from the vineyard and winery environments. Spontaneous fermentation is characterized by a diverse succession of yeast genera, species, and strains, with either one or multiple strains of the more ethanol-tolerant S. cerevisiae usually dominating the mid and final stages. One motivation for a winery to use spontaneous fermentations is to produce wine with a more complex sensory profile, which is_x000D_
likely due to the production of a diversity of metabolic by-products derived from a diverse yeast community. Spontaneous fermentations may be used because they can produce a regional character (terroir) in the wine due to the presence of region-specific yeast. We have identified Saccharomyces uvarum, a cryotolerant, high glycerol and low acetic acid-producing yeast, in spontaneous fermentations of Chardonnay and Pinot Gris grapes. Our objectives are to determine: 1) whether S. uvarum is able to dominate fermentations in multiple years; 2) whether S. uvarum is originating from the winery or vineyard; 3) whether S. uvarum strains on grapes and in fermentations differ between Okanagan vineyards at different latitude; and 4) whether there is a_x000D_
regionally distinct population of S. uvarum that could potentially enhance the fermentation properties and sensory profiles of Okanagan white wines. To address the first and second objectives, we will collect Chardonnay grapes from one vineyard and compare the S. uvarum populations between grapes, wine surfaces and in-lab fermentations. To address the third objective of region specific S. uvarum yeasts, we will compare the relative abundance of S. uvarum strains between vineyards at different latitudes. We will use Illumina DNA sequencing to identify yeast species and microsatellite typing to characterize S. uvarum strains from grape and wine samples from objectives 1, 2 and 3,. For the fourth objective, S. uvarum isolates will be screened for_x000D_
specific chemicals produced during in-lab fermentations., program purpose french : Commercial wines are typically produced either by inoculated fermentation, in which a single commercial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is added to the fermentation, or by spontaneous fermentation, which relies on resident wine yeasts from the vineyard and winery environments. Spontaneous fermentation is characterized by a diverse succession of yeast genera, species, and strains, with either one or multiple strains of the more ethanol-tolerant S. cerevisiae usually dominating the mid and final stages. One motivation for a winery to use spontaneous fermentations is to produce wine with a more complex sensory profile, which is_x000D_
likely due to the production of a diversity of metabolic by-products derived from a diverse yeast community. Spontaneous fermentations may be used because they can produce a regional character (terroir) in the wine due to the presence of region-specific yeast. We have identified Saccharomyces uvarum, a cryotolerant, high glycerol and low acetic acid-producing yeast, in spontaneous fermentations of Chardonnay and Pinot Gris grapes. Our objectives are to determine: 1) whether S. uvarum is able to dominate fermentations in multiple years; 2) whether S. uvarum is originating from the winery or vineyard; 3) whether S. uvarum strains on grapes and in fermentations differ between Okanagan vineyards at different latitude; and 4) whether there is a_x000D_
regionally distinct population of S. uvarum that could potentially enhance the fermentation properties and sensory profiles of Okanagan white wines. To address the first and second objectives, we will collect Chardonnay grapes from one vineyard and compare the S. uvarum populations between grapes, wine surfaces and in-lab fermentations. To address the third objective of region specific S. uvarum yeasts, we will compare the relative abundance of S. uvarum strains between vineyards at different latitudes. We will use Illumina DNA sequencing to identify yeast species and microsatellite typing to characterize S. uvarum strains from grape and wine samples from objectives 1, 2 and 3,. For the fourth objective, S. uvarum isolates will be screened for_x000D_
specific chemicals produced during in-lab fermentations., agreement title english : Characterization and identification of saccharomyces uvarum from Okanagan white wine grapes and from their spontaneous fermentations, agreement title french : Characterization and identification of saccharomyces uvarum from Okanagan white wine grapes and from their spontaneous fermentations, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 35000.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2019-2020)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2019-2020)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada