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The national agency for research (L’agence nationale de la recherche – ANR) has given its financial support to a project on light alcohol wines.

This research unifies the experience of 12 public and private partners, in three areas of expertise: socio-economic, chemical senses and biotechnical perceptions. It is being coordinated by Jean-Louis Escudier, director of l’INRA Pech Rouge at Gruissan and Guy Albagnac, director of l’INRA-UMR SPO in Montpellier. proviosional budget : Euros2,5 millions.

Expected results in different areas:
1) the industrial development of the processes of reduction in alcohol according to the French model
2) the assembly of material which will permit a formulated appraoch to diversifying different products within socio-economic constraints,
3) the development of yeasts suitable for a local alcohol environment,
4) the possibilities of varietal diversification in respect of the local alcohol wines

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