What does this research mean for the field?

Winter wines, produced through double pruning to shift grape ripening to autumn-winter, constitute an emerging wine category that provides a viable model for climate adaptation, regional differentiation, and human-mediated terroir. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To conceptualize winter wines as an emerging and consolidating category enabled by double pruning and evaluate their viticultural, sensory, and market dimensions through human-mediated terroir.

September 3, 2026BeveragesOpen Access

Winter Wines as an Emerging Wine Category: Double Pruning, Human-Mediated Terroir and Market Perspectives

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ASAlexandre Henrique Silas Souza LPLouise Paiva Passos KAKatiúcia Alves Amorim

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Narrative review demonstrates how double pruning alters harvest timing in viticulture, highlighting human-mediated terroir as a vital framework for climate adaptation and market differentiation.

Key Points

To conceptualize winter wines as an emerging and consolidating category enabled by double pruning and evaluate their viticultural, sensory, and market dimensions through human-mediated terroir.
Synthesized multidisciplinary findings from viticulture, enology, sensory science, microbiology, consumer research, wine tourism, and market studies.
Analyzed the implementation of double pruning in regional contexts, examining the Brazilian protected geographical indication Vinhos de Inverno Sul de Minas as a case study.
Demonstrated that double pruning shifts grape ripening and harvest to autumn–winter, restructuring the temporal interactions among climate, soil, rootstock, and canopy management.
Identified human-mediated terroir as an effective framework connecting viticultural timing modifications with geographical origin, collective reputation, and added symbolic value.
Established the necessity for future multi-region and multi-vintage field trials, formal sensory characterization, and consumer research to support ongoing category consolidation.

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Souza et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993643636c6408cfa7f38d https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages12090105

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September 3, 2026BeveragesOpen Access

Winter Wines as an Emerging Wine Category: Double Pruning, Human-Mediated Terroir and Market Perspectives

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Authors

ASAlexandre Henrique Silas Souza LPLouise Paiva Passos KAKatiúcia Alves Amorim

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Overview

Narrative review demonstrates how double pruning alters harvest timing in viticulture, highlighting human-mediated terroir as a vital framework for climate adaptation and market differentiation.

Key Points

To conceptualize winter wines as an emerging and consolidating category enabled by double pruning and evaluate their viticultural, sensory, and market dimensions through human-mediated terroir.
Synthesized multidisciplinary findings from viticulture, enology, sensory science, microbiology, consumer research, wine tourism, and market studies.
Analyzed the implementation of double pruning in regional contexts, examining the Brazilian protected geographical indication Vinhos de Inverno Sul de Minas as a case study.
Demonstrated that double pruning shifts grape ripening and harvest to autumn–winter, restructuring the temporal interactions among climate, soil, rootstock, and canopy management.
Identified human-mediated terroir as an effective framework connecting viticultural timing modifications with geographical origin, collective reputation, and added symbolic value.
Established the necessity for future multi-region and multi-vintage field trials, formal sensory characterization, and consumer research to support ongoing category consolidation.

Cite This Study

Souza et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993643636c6408cfa7f38d https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages12090105

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