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Distribution of rare earth elements in soil and grape berries of Vitis vinifera cv. “Glera”

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The renowned Vitis vinifera L. cultivar “Glera” (Magnoliopsida Vitaceae) has been grown for hundreds of years in the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli to produce the sparkling Prosecco wine, with controlled designation of origin (DOC). We evaluated the relationship among the concentrations of rare earth elements (REE) in soil and in “Glera” grape berries in vineyards belonging to five different localities in the Veneto alluvial plain, all included in the DOC area of Prosecco. The concentration of REE in samples of soil and juice or solid residues of grape berries was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and the index of bioaccumulation was calculated to define the specific assimilation of these elements from soil to grape berries. The concentration of REE in soil samples allowed an identification of each locality examined, and REE were mostly detected in solid grape berry residues in comparison to juice. These data may be useful to associate REE distribution in soil and grape berries to a specific geographical origin, in order to prevent fraudulent use of wine denomination labels.

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Acknowledgments

The authors owe thanks to Renzo Tassinari for the technical advice and experimental support and to Salvatore Cavaleri for elaboration of the geological map. The authors also wish to thank the personnel of the five Italian wineries “Bottazzo”, “Gaiarine”, “Lonigo”, “Nardin” and “Pattarello” for the help in collecting samples. This research was funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (doctoral fellowship MIUR-27-GEO09-2012), by the Veneto Region Agency for Agriculture (Conegliano, Treviso, Italy).

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  1. Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Saragat 1, 44121, Ferrara, Italy

    Salvatore Pepi, Elena Marrocchino & Carmela Vaccaro

  2. CREA-VIT Research Centre for Viticulture, Via XXVIII Aprile 26, 31015, Conegliano (Treviso), Italy

    Luigi Sansone

  3. Department of Life Science and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy

    Milvia Chicca

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Pepi, S., Sansone, L., Chicca, M. et al. Distribution of rare earth elements in soil and grape berries of Vitis vinifera cv. “Glera”. Environ Monit Assess 188, 477 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5490-1

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