Historical and Heritage Sustainability for the Revival of Ancient Wine-Making Techniques and Wine Styles

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript titled “Historical and heritage sustainability for the revival of ancient winemaking techniques and wine styles “describes the ancient winemaking techniques and wine styles. Moreover, the authors described the characteristics of the wines, the defects and the qualities of the wines obtained with the various techniques. In this way, winemakers could know and use the ancient winemaking techniques in the best way. The review is well structured and articulated, allowing the reader to have an overview full of information

Author Response

We are most grateful for the recognition of our work

Reviewer 2 Report

I found the article presented by A and B very interesting. Admittedly, a bit out of my field of work, but focused on current practical aspects. For the same reason, it has allowed me to learn something new about winemaking from a historical perspective. That said, I suggest the preparation of one or more synoptic figures, which help the reader to see at a glance the totality of the vast compendium presented by the authors. A time map would be interesting for that purpose. Likewise, a summary map of the locations cited in the text would be appreciated. A graphical comparison of which processes appear (or are typical) in which epochs would also add to the value of this work.

Author Response

“I found the article presented by A and B very interesting. Admittedly, a bit out of my field of work, but focused on current practical aspects. For the same reason, it has allowed me to learn something new about winemaking from a historical perspective.”

- We are most grateful for the recognition of our work and for the request to improve the clarity of the text by including figures and maps.

“That said, I suggest the preparation of one or more synoptic figures, which help the reader to see at a glance the totality of the vast compendium presented by the authors.”

- We a synoptic representation of the 4 typologies of wine installations proposed in this review (Figure 3).

“A time map would be interesting for that purpose.”

- A timeline was introduced not as a map but as an additional column in Table 1.  

“Likewise, a summary map of the locations cited in the text would be appreciated.”

- A summary map was included (Figure 1).

“A graphical comparison of which processes appear (or are typical) in which epochs would also add to the value of this work.”

- This comparison is now illustrated in Table 1 by the insertion of the previously mentioned timeline and the periods where the processes appeared and were functioning.

Reviewer 3 Report

The authors present a nicely written review and for me the topic is interesting for the scientific community and so, the review is suitable for the pubblication. Just a few suggestions (Minor revision): 

-line 78: I suggest to insert this reference "Capece A., Siesto G., Poeta C., Pietrafesa R., Romano P. (2013). Indigenous yeast population from Georgian aged wines produced by traditional “Kakhetian” method. Food Microbiology, 36: 447-455. http.//dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2013.07.008."

- line 573 and 583: please write Saccharomyces cerevisiae in italics

- Check the references  (in the list and in the text) following the journal guidelines

Author Response

“The authors present a nicely written review and for me the topic is interesting for the scientific community and so, the review is suitable for the pubblication. Just a few suggestions (Minor revision)”.

- Thank you for the kind and supportive words.

 “Line 78: I suggest to insert this reference "Capece A., Siesto G., Poeta C., Pietrafesa R., Romano P. (2013). Indigenous yeast population from Georgian aged wines produced by traditional “Kakhetian” method. Food Microbiology, 36: 447-455. http.//dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2013.07.008."

- This article was inserted in the text (line 82) and we are grateful for this observation. It was further quoted in line 571 because the evidence of the similarity between flor yeasts of Georgia and Spain is rather relevant and, to our knowledge, has not been raised before.

“ Line 573 and 583: please write Saccharomyces cerevisiae in italics”

- Corrected accordingly, line 570.

“Check the references (in the list and in the text) following the journal guidelines”

- Corrected accordingly.