20100010077 | PROCESS FOR THE ADDITIVATION OF WINE - The present invention relates to a process for the additivation of wine, more specifically for the formation of compounds that are beneficial to health. The process is based on the contact of natural materials, namely cork, with wine, under conditions where certain compounds of the said materials react with other compounds present in the wine in order to form therein compounds with properties that are beneficial to the health of the consumer, namely a potent anti-cancerous agent called acutissimin-A. Additionally, the contact of the wine with the material also promotes the passage and interaction of compounds which will organoleptically influence the wine. The additivation process involves the contact with cork usually in fines particles, either at the final stage of vinification before bottling, during bottling or immediately before consumption, through different retention systems (filters, cartridges, etc.). | 01-14-2010 |