A tale of two vineyards: parsing site-specific differences in bacterial and fungal communities of wine grapes from proximal vineyards, and their changes during processing in a single winery
Reid G. Griggs, Lena Flörl, Michael Swadener, Rodrigo Hernández-Velázquez, David Andrew Mills, Nicholas A. Bokulich
This study tracks microbial changes in wine grapes from two nearby vineyards during processing, showing that site-specific microbial signatures persist despite shared farming practices and that winery environments contribute to the fermentation microbiome.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · May 5, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology