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Revista Chapingo. Serie horticultura

versión On-line ISSN 2007-4034versión impresa ISSN 1027-152X

Rev. Chapingo Ser.Hortic vol.25 no.3 Chapingo sep./dic. 2019  Epub 29-Mayo-2020

https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchsh.2018.12.023 

Scientific article

Artisanal alcoholic beverages made with Vitis tiliifolia grape in Mexico

María Elena Galindo-Tovar1 

María del Rosario Davila-Lezama1 

Alfonso Galicia-Sánchez1 

Erika Olivares-Blanco1 

Diana Guerra-Ramírez2 

Noé Aguilar-Rivera1 

Guillermina Hernández-Rodríguez2 

Franco Famiani3 

Juan Guillermo Cruz-Castillo2  * 

1Universidad Veracruzana. Lomas del Estadio s/n, col. Zona Universitaria, Xalapa, Veracruz, C. P. 91000, MÉXICO.

2Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Carretera México-Texcoco km 38.5, Chapingo, Texcoco, Estado de México, C. P. 56230, MÉXICO.

3Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Piazza Università nu. 1, Perugia, C. P. 06123, ITALY.


Abstract

In Mexico, in addition to the wine produced from the Vitis vinifera grape, alcoholic beverages are produced from Vitis tiliifolia; however, its production and physical-chemical characteristics have been little studied. Therefore, the objectives of this work were to define some socioeconomic aspects of the producers of these alcoholic beverages and to characterize the physical and chemical properties of such beverages. Producers of artisanal alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia in Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico, were interviewed about the social and economic aspects related to their production. PH, acidity, total soluble solids, total sugars and alcohol percentage in 39 different alcoholic beverages were determined, and five other drinks were compared with the semi-sweet Italian wine known as Lambrusco in terms of phenol, flavonoid, anthocyanin, and tannin contents, as well as antioxidant capacity. According to the survey, all the grapes used in making the beverages were harvested from wild plants with variable fruit quality. The waste generated by V. tiliifolia beverage production is not regulated by the government and its environmental impact is unknown. Women who make alcoholic beverages prefer to buy the grapes, while men generally harvest the fruit themselves. In the V. tiliifolia beverages, total reducing sugars and total soluble solids were widely variable, indicating that some fruits were not mature at harvest. The total acidity of the V. tiliifolia beverages was low with respect to that reported in V. vinifera wines. The flavonoid concentration in one V. tiliifolia beverage was higher than in the Lambrusco wine.

Keywords wild Vitis; Mesoamerican Vitis; phenols; antioxidant activity; flavonoids

Resumen

En México, además del vino producido a partir de la uva Vitis vinifera, se producen bebidas alcohólicas a partir de Vitis tiliifolia; sin embargo, su producción y características físico-químicas han sido poco estudiadas. Por ello, los objetivos de este trabajo fueron definir algunos aspectos socioeconómicos de los productores de estas bebidas alcohólicas y caracterizar las propiedades físicas y químicas de dichas bebidas. Se entrevistaron a productores de bebidas alcohólicas artesanales elaboradas con V. tiliifolia en Naolinco, Veracruz, México, sobre los aspectos sociales y económicos relacionados con su elaboración. Se determinó el pH, acidez, sólidos solubles totales, azúcares totales y porcentaje de alcohol en 39 bebidas alcohólicas distintas, y otras cinco bebidas se compararon con el vino italiano semidulce conocido como Lambrusco en lo referente a contenido de fenoles, flavonoides, antocianinas, taninos y capacidad antioxidante. De acuerdo con la encuesta, todas las uvas utilizadas en la elaboración de las bebidas provinieron de plantas silvestres, las cuales varían en la calidad del fruto. Los residuos generados por la producción de la bebida de V. tiliifolia no están regulados por el gobierno y se desconoce su impacto ambiental. Las mujeres que elaboran estás bebidas prefieren comprar las uvas, mientras que los hombres, generalmente, cosechan la fruta. En las bebidas de V. tiliifolia, los azúcares reductores totales y los sólidos solubles totales fueron ampliamente variables, lo que indica que algunos frutos no estaban maduros al momento de la cosecha. La acidez total de las bebidas de V. tiliifolia fue baja con respecto a la registrada en los vinos de V. vinifera, mientras que la concentración de flavonoides en una bebida de V. tiliifolia fue mayor que en el Lambrusco.

Palabras clave Vitis silvestre; Vitis mesoamericanas; fenoles; actividad antioxidante; flavonoides

Introduction

Mexican wine production covers around 30 % of the country’s demand and the wine trade balance had an annual deficit of 181.3 million USD (González-Andrade, 2015). Baja California is the State with the highest wine production from Vitis vinifera. Other States where wine is produced are Coahuila, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, and Queretaro. In addition, the State of Chihuahua has become a new wine producing area (Ojeda-Barrios, Rodríguez-Andujo, López-Ochoa, Leyva-Chávez, & García-Muñoz, 2012). Some Mexican wines were classified as a little salty as they have higher concentrations of Ca, Mg, Na, and K than wines from other countries (Cabello-Pasini, Macías-Carranza, Siqueiros-Valencia, & Huerta-Díaz, 2013).

In Mexico, in addition to the wine produced from V. vinifera, red alcoholic beverages made from V. tiliifolia (Vitis tiliifolia Humb. & Bonpl.) (syn.V. caribbea) grapes have been produced for 60 years. These beverages named and marketed as ‘wines’ have been sold outside of Mexico in small amounts (Cruz-Castillo, Franco-Mora, & Famiani, 2009), and they are popular in Cuba. In Mexico, this kind of alcoholic beverage has also been produced with wild grapevines from species other than V. tiliifolia (Vitis spp.) in some states as Guerrero and Puebla (Luna-Gaona et al., 2010). Its fruits are smaller than those of most V. vinifera cultivars and they are generally not eaten fresh because of their high astringency (Juárez-Trujillo, Jiménez-Fernández, Guerrero-Analco, Monribot-Villanueva, & Jiménez-Fernandez, 2017) and lack of sweetness.

V. tiliifolia has a Mesoamerican/Caribbean origin (Tröndle et al., 2010; Zecca et al., 2012); they generally grow in tropical lowlands and highlands in acid soils with high organic matter. The vines climb on trees located in the mesophile forest. It also grows on trees where coffee is cultivated, and temperate fruits are produced in tropical highlands (Cruz-Castillo et al., 2009). This species is found in the wild in western South America (Tröndle et al., 2010) and in Mexico, mainly in the States of Veracruz (Cruz-Castillo et al., 2009), Puebla (Franco-Mora, Cruz-Castillo, Cortés-Sánchez, & Rodríguez-Landero, 2008), Mexico (Rubí-Arriaga et al., 2014), and Oaxaca (Sabás-Chavez, Franco-Mora, Castañeda-Vildózola, Sánchez-Pale, & Cruz-Castillo, 2018).

Fruit harvesting for the production of V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverages in Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico, occurs between August and November (Lascurain, Avendaño, del Amo, & Niembro, 2010). Harvesting of this wild grapevine in forests is not regulated by the government, and its local economic importance has not been documented (Franco-Mora, Salomon-Castaño, Morales, Castañeda-Vildózola, & Rubí-Arriaga, 2015). In addition, there are no reports on the socio-economic aspects of producers who make alcoholic beverages with V. tiliifolia in Mexico and in the tropical regions of the Americas, and there are no reports in the literature on the physical and chemical properties of beverages made with this species. The alcoholic beverage producers that use V. tiliifolia in Naolinco keep their way of making these beverages secret, but it is known that they usually add sugar and alcohol from sugar cane to the V. tiliifolia juice.

Considering the above, the objectives of the present study were: 1) to define some socioeconomic aspects of the alcoholic beverage producers that use V. tiliifolia, and 2) to characterize physical and chemical properties of the alcoholic beverages that they produce.

Materials and methods

Socio-economical survey of alcoholic beverage producers

From a list of 75 producers of V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverages in Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico, 25 were arbitrarily selected for an interview, representing 30 % of the producers. The socioeconomic and cultural aspects investigated were: 1) gender (1 = male, 2 = female), 2) age, 3) academic education (1 = primary, 2 = junior high school, 3 = high school, 4 = college), 4) knowledge about the health benefits of V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverage consumption (1 = cardiovascular, 2 = digestive, 3 = circulatory, 4 = others), 5) years of experience making alcoholic beverages, 6) sale price, 7) amount of grapes used per liter of beverage (kg∙L-1), 8) quantity of alcoholic beverage produced per year (L), 9) price of grapes per kg, 10) place where grape is bought (1 = street vendor, 2 = local market, 3 = no purchase), 11) use of fruit peel (1 = waste, 2 = fertilizer), 12) use of grape seeds (1 = waste, 2 = fertilizer, 3 = others), and 13) problems in marketing alcoholic beverage (1 = a lot of competition, 2 = no competition).

Plant material

The fruits of typical V. tiliifolia used to make the alcoholic beverages were collected or bought in the county of Naolinco, Veracruz, Mexico, in 2016 and 2017. All the wild plants were located between 1,469 masl (19° 38’ 47.9’’ N and 96° 51’ 13.6’’ W) and 1,528 masl (19° 38’ 59.0’’ N and 96° 51’ 37.0’’ W) (Cruz-Castillo et al., 2009). At each site, per year (2016 and 2017), samples were taken for analysis at a depth of 40 cm from the soils where the plants grew.

In September 2016, when the plants had mature fruits, the soil had a pH of 4.6-4.7, density of 1.02-1.29 g·cm-3, total N of 0.23-0.25 %, P of 4.25-5.61 ppm, K of 200 ppm, Ca of 1.12-1.7 meq·100 g-1, Mg of 0.023-0.025 meq·100 g-1, organic matter of 4.73-5.27 %, and electrical conductivity of 0.1353-0.1941 μS. In February 2017, when the plants had leaves but no reproductive growth, the soil had a pH of 5.2-5.6, density of 1.33-1.34 g·cm-3, total N of 0.20-0.27 %, P of 3.12-3.86 ppm, K of 225 ppm, Ca of 1.58-1.79 meq·100 g-1, Mg of 0.60 meq·100 g-1, organic matter of 4.19-5.44 %, and electrical conductivity of 0.342-0.1446 μS. The sampling and analyses of the soil were conducted according to standard NOM-021-RECNAT-2000 (Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales [SEMARNAT], 2002).

Chemical attributes of the alcoholic beverages

In 39 different bottles of alcoholic beverages, the pH, total soluble solids (TSS), total sugars, alcohol percentage, and acidity were determined in August 2016. The pH was determined with a potentiometer (pHM82, Radiometer®, Denmark). The TSS were determined using refractometry by placing a drop of the alcoholic beverage on a digital refractometer (HI96801, Hanna instruments®), which was calibrated with distilled water. Titratable acidity was determined by the volumetric method and expressed in percentage malic acid (Jackson, 2008) using a titator (HI84532U-01, Hanna instruments®). Total sugars were evaluated by a modified anthrone method (Shakappa, 2015), and the alcohol percentage by direct distillation (Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero [SAG], 2011).

Total phenols, total flavonoids, anthocyanins, tannins, and antioxidant capacity were evaluated in August 2017 in another five bottles of alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia. One named commercially by the producer as Tinto Salvaje and the others were coded from 1 to 4. All chemical determinations of alcoholic beverages were made in triplicate. The beverages made with V. tiliifolia in Naolinco were locally classified as semi-sweet wines, so they were contrasted with the semi-sweet Lambrusco® wine (made with V. vinifera cv Lambrusco Salamino in Italy), because its sweet taste resembles that of the drink made with V. tiliifolia. All chemical determinations of the alcoholic beverages were repeated three times. A completely randomized design was used for these evaluations.

The antioxidant capacity of the five different alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia and the Lambrusco wine was determined by DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) (Cheng, Moore, & Yu, 2006), ABTS (2,2′-azino-bis[3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid]) (Re et al., 1999), and FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power) (Benzie & Strain, 1996) assays, all adapted to microplates. Absorbances were measured in a microplate reader (Synergy 2, Biotek®, EUA).

To determine antioxidant capacity by the DPPH method, 200 μL of wine sample dilution (1.3 to 13 μmL·mL-1) and 50 μL of DPPH solution (0.099 mM) were mixed; the mixture was then covered with aluminum foil and incubated for 30 min in the dark. Subsequently, the decrease in absorbance was monitored at 517 nm versus a blank, which consisted of 80 % methanol (250 μL). The control contained 200 μL of 80 % methanol and 50 μL of the DPPH solution (50 μL). Prior to analysis, a standard curve was prepared from a 1 mM Trolox stock solution (6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid) with a linear range of 7.37 to 34.51 µM. Results were expressed as micromoles of Trolox equivalents (TE) per liter of alcoholic beverage (µmol TE·L-1).

The ABTS method consists of mixing 20 μL of the diluted alcoholic beverage sample and 180 µL of the ABTS·+ solution, which was obtained by reacting 7.4 mM ABTS and 2.6 mM of sodium persulfate. The mixture’s absorbance was measured at 734 nm. Prior to analysis, a curve was prepared from a 1 mM Trolox stock solution with a linear range of 4.99 to 5,993 µM. Results were expressed as micromoles of Trolox equivalents per liter of alcoholic beverage (µmol TE·L-1).

To determine antioxidant capacity by the FRAP method, 20 μL of the diluted alcoholic beverage, 180 µL of the FRAP solution and 60 µl of distilled water were mixed. Absorbance was measured at 595 nm. The FRAP reagent was prepared from a sodium acetate buffer (300 mM, pH 3.6), TPTZ solution (10 mM) (HCl 40 mM as solvent) and iron (III) chloride solution (20 mM) at a ratio of 10:1:1, respectively. Prior to measurement, a standard curve was prepared from a Trolox stock solution (1 mM) with a linear range of 3.8 to 46 µM. Results were expressed as micromoles of Trolox equivalents per liter of alcoholic beverage (µmol TE·L-1).

Total phenolic compounds content was determined using the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent (Singleton & Rossi, 1965) adapted to microplates, for which 25 µL of diluted alcoholic beverage, or gallic acid standard, were added to 125 µL of distilled water; subsequently, 20 µL of Folin-Ciocalteu reagent, diluted to 1:10, was added and mixed with 30 µL of 20 % Na2CO3 solution. After incubation for 30 min at room temperature, absorbance was measured at 750 nm versus a blank, which consisted of 25 µL of distilled water instead of sample. A gallic acid standard curve with a linear range of 2.5 to 29.0 μg GA·mL-1 was prepared from 0.5 mg mL-1 of a gallic acid stock solution. Results were expressed as milligrams of gallic acid equivalents (GAE) per liter of alcoholic beverage (mg GAE·L-1).

Total flavonoid content was determined according to Kubola and Siriamornpun (2011) and adapted to microplates. Briefly, 500 µL of sample or standard (catechin) were mixed with 2.5 mL of distilled deionized water. At time zero, 0.15 mL of 5 % NaNO2 solution were added and mixed. After 6 min, 10 % AlCl3·6H2O solution (0.3 mL) was added and mixed. After 5 min, 5 % NaOH solution (1 mL) was added and mixed. Absorbance of an aliquot (200 µL) of the colored flavonoid-aluminum complex was measured at 510 nm. The blank consisted of 500 µL of 80 % methanol. Prior to analysis, a standard curve was prepared from a catechin stock solution (300 µg·mL-1) with a linear range of 0.7 to 34.5 µg C·mL-1. Results were expressed as micrograms of catechin equivalents (CE) per liter of alcoholic beverage (µg CE·L-1).

Monomeric anthocyanin content of the samples was determined by the spectrophotometric pH differential protocol (Giusti & Wrolstad, 2001), for which 0.5 mL of alcoholic beverage were mixed with 0.5 mL of a pH 1 buffer (KCl 0.025 M). The mixture’s absorbance was measured at 510 and 700 nm. Subsequently, 0.5 mL of alcoholic beverage were mixed with 0.5 mL of a pH 4.5 buffer (CH3COONa 4.5 M), and the absorbance of this solution was measured at the same wavelengths. The anthocyanin content was calculated based on cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, molar extinction coefficient of 26,900 and a molecular weight of 449.2 g·mol-1. Results were expressed as milligrams of cyanidin-3-O-glucoside equivalents (CydE) per liter of alcoholic beverage (mg CydE ·L-1).

Condensed tannins were determined according to Liu, Lin, Wang, Chen, and Yang (2009), for which 25 µL of alcoholic beverage were mixed with 750 µL of a 4 % vanillin solution and 375 µL of concentrated HCl. The mixture was vortexed for 20 min. The mixture’s absorbance was measured at 500 nm. Prior to determination, a catechin standard curve was prepared in a linear range of 0.004 to 0.032 mg C·mL-1 from a catechin stock solution (2 mg·mL-1) using 80 % methanol as solvent. Results were expressed in milligrams of catechin equivalents per liter of alcoholic beverage (mg CE·L-1).

Statistical analysis

To obtain information on companies and technological advances, some exploratory studies have analyzed surveys of a few individuals through principal components (Corrales-García, Cruz-Castillo, Lozano-López, & Famiani, 2009), so in this study the responses to the survey were analyzed using this technique. The relevance of PCA in this work was determined by a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin sample analysis and a Bartlett sphericity test applied to the resulting correlation matrix (Álvarez, 1994).

The 39 alcoholic beverages studied were grouped by cluster analysis with Ward's minimum variance method with Gower distance. For the selection of the number of groups, the cophenetic correlation coefficient was used, with the 0.60 distance value as threshold. The variables used in these analyses were TSS, total sugars, acidity, pH and alcohol percentage. Standard errors were estimated for these variables when groups had two or more replications (Di Rienzo et al., 2008). The concentration data for phenols, flavonoids, anthocyanins, tannins and antioxidant capacity were subjected to an analysis of variance and, subsequently, Tukey’s multiple comparison test (P ≤ 0.05). All statistical analyses were performed with the InfoStat-statistic version 8 software (Di Rienzo et al., 2016).

Results and discussion

Socio-economical survey of alcoholic beverage producers

The multivariate analysis yielded four principal components (PCs) greater than 1.0 and one with 0.9, which together accounted for 79 % of the total variability of the data (Table 1), with PC1 explaining the greatest variability (26 %) (Table 1). The main variables which contributed to explaining this variability were the price of alcoholic beverage sales and the final destination of the wastes, represented by fruit peels and seeds (Table 1). Thus, the producers who were able to sell the alcoholic beverages at the highest prices were also able to use the wastes resulting from the processing (peels and seeds). For example, two producers sold their beverages at a high price and used the wastes as food for poultry (Table 2). In contrast, another producer sold his alcoholic beverage at a low price and did not use the fruit peels and seeds (Table 2). In the process of making the beverage, many wastes are produced and the environmental impact of the artisanal production of V. tiliifolia ‘wines’ in Naolinco has not been determined. In this regard, their management is a necessary activity that has to be regulated (Devesa-Rey et al., 2011).

Table 1 Eigenvectors of the first five principal components (PCs) of surveys of 25 producers of alcoholic beverages made with Vitis tiliifolia in Veracruz, Mexico. PC eigenvalues of the correlation matrix and proportion of variance also shown. 

Variables PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5
1) Gender 0.19 -0.43 -0.33 0.26 -0.26
2) Age -0.24 -0.31 0.23 0.47 0.19
3) Academic education -0.18 -0.11 0.36 -0.24 -0.35
4) Health benefits of wine consumption -0.14 0.13 -0.19 0.60 -0.21
5) Years of experience making alcoholic beverages -0.24 -0.19 0.42 0.18 0.26
6) Sale Price 0.49* 0.30 -0.19 -0.25 0.32
7) Amount of grapes used per liter of beverage (kg·L-1) 0.28 -0.36 -0.35 0.10 -0.21
8) Amount of alcoholic beverage produced per year -0.17 -0.34 -0.22 -0.22 0.60
9) Price of grapes per kilogram -0.21 0.36 -0.21 0.25 -0.26
10) Place where grape is bought 0.17 0.47 -0.22 0.25 0.10
11) Use of fruit peel 0.42 -0.17 0.19 0.24 0.25
12) Uses of grape seeds 0.43 -0.28 0.19 0.22 0.25
13) Problems in wine marketing -0.25 -0.24 -0.17 0.31 -0.34
Eigenvalue 4.01 3.2 2.86 1.95 1.44
Variance proportion (%) 26 19 14 11 9

*High absolute values are highlighted.

PC2 accounted for 19 % of the data variability. Gender and grape purchasing site were the main variables (Table 1). Thus, the beverage producer with number 14 was male and harvested the fruit himself. In contrast, a female beverage producer with number 12 bought the grapes from street vendors to make the alcoholic beverage (Table 2).

PC3 explained 14 % of the total variability (Table 1), with the most important contributing variables being the years of experience in beverage making and gender. The producers with more years of experience making the alcoholic beverages were generally male. PC4 explained 11 % of the total variability, and the variable which most contributed to explaining this variability was the knowledge about the health benefits of alcoholic beverage consumption (Table 1). This indicated that some producers are unaware of the health benefits that their beverages could provide to customers. Finally, PC5 explained 9 % of the total variability and the most important variable was the amount of alcoholic beverage produced per year (Table 1). In this regard, producer number 22 had the highest production (1,000 L) in the period evaluated (Table 2), and he or she received no financial support from either the government or any bank for producing the alcoholic beverage.

Table 2 Standardized scores of the first five principal components (PCs) of the survey of 25 producers of alcoholic beverages made with Vitis tiliifolia in Veracruz, Mexico. 

Producers PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5
1 0.10 3.50 -1.07 0.39 0.87
2 4.23* -0.78 0.67 -1.23 -0.77
3 2.89 -1.24 -0.12 -0.33 0.09
4 1.75 -0.80 -1.12 -0.79 -1.42
5 -2.05 0.49 2.32 -0.01 1.35
6 1.84 -0.28 1.37 -0.02 0.37
7 4.39 -1.40 1.16 0.98 1.97
8 -0.30 2.50 0.53 -0.20 0.70
9 0.18 0.22 -0.72 -2.99 -0.47
10 -1.70 -0.09 1.18 -0.97 -0.05
11 -2.24 -1.54 0.79 0.08 -0.92
12 -1.85 -2.48 -2.04 -0.02 -0.96
13 -2.52 -0.69 2.13 -1.24 -0.41
14 2.14 3.85 -2.11 1.19 -1.30
15 0.55 1.84 0.33 -0.70 0.68
16 0.76 1.62 0.84 -1.28 -0.92
17 -0.29 3.62 -0.79 1.50 0.08
18 -0.38 0.79 0.94 -1.04 -0.43
19 -0.30 -1.72 -0.84 1.36 -1.11
20 0.33 -1.29 -0.12 -0.23 -1.58
21 -0.20 -1.24 -2.65 1.35 -1.42
22 -1.16 -1.82 -3.73 -1.56 3.66
23 -2.11 -0.88 1.49 1.52 0.27
24 -2.45 0.39 0.21 1.68 0.92
25 1.65 -1.98 0.74 2.78 0.36

*High absolute values are highlighted.

The alcoholic beverage producers had no difficulties in obtaining the grapes from the wild vines that are overexploited locally. Sometimes unripe fruit was harvested, and the vines did not receive any horticultural management. The beverage makers need training to improve their operations. Wastes generated by winemaking should be considered as a supplementary income source and also strategies to avoid any damage to the local environment should be developed.

Total soluble solids, reducing sugars, acidity, alcohol, and pH

All 39 alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia were classified into seven different groups by cluster analysis. Three alcoholic beverages were not grouped, and one of them showed the lowest TSS (0.26 °Brix) and the lowest alcohol percentage (2 %) (Table 3). In Italy, it was suggested that dealcoholized wines should be marketed not as a wine but as a different type of beverage (Stasin,Bimbo, Viscecchia, & Seccia, 2014). In contrast, another individual alcoholic beverage had the highest TSS (38.16 °Brix) and the highest alcohol percentage (21.94 %) (Table 3), which, according to Jackson (2008), can be considered as liquor for the market.

Table 3 Chemical characteristics of 39 alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia in Veracruz, Mexico, grouped by cluster analysis. Standard errors are shown in groups with replications. 

Groups No. of alcoholic beverages per group Total soluble solids (°Brix) Total sugars (g·L-1) Acidity (%) pH Alcohol (%)
1 1 38.16 36.75 1.7 3.31 21.94
2 4 28.33 ± 1.05 23.69 ± 3.07 1.2 ± 0.2 2.94 ± 0.03 16.28 ± 0.67
3 1 15.66 6.43 0.5 3.89 8.48
4 20 25.90 ± 0.73 15.97 ± 1.05 0.8 ± 0.1 3.28 ± 0.03 14.72 ± 0.45
5 1 0.26 9.73 1.6 3.27 2.0
6 2 4.50 ± 1.17 3.98 ± 2.39 4.7 1.17 ± 0.00 2.50 ± 0.50
7 10 17.11 ± 1.06 9.61 ± 0.71 1.1 ± 0.1 3.16 ± 0.05 9.29 ± 0.63

Group number 4 included 51 % of all alcoholic beverages sampled, and these beverages had 14.72 % alcohol and considering their high concentration of sugars (15.97 g·L-1) and high acidity (0.8 %) (Table 3), they are not classified as dry red wines (Matsuhiro et al., 2009). Sugar commonly needs to be added to the juice from species that do not attain adequate sugar concentration at harvest (~20 %) to develop about 12 % alcohol-content wine (Jackson, 2008). This could be the case for some V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverages in this group.

The second largest group (number 7) had 26 % of all the alcoholic beverages. This group had beverages with 9.29 % alcohol and with intermediate TSS (17.11 °Brix) and sugar (9.61 g·L-1) values with respect to the other alcoholic beverages (Table 3).

Grape quality and fruit yield per vine have considerable influence on wine quality (Poni et al., 2018; Pozo-Bayon, Polo, Martín-Alvarez, & Pueyo, 2004). The differences in fruit quality for the making of alcoholic beverages from V. tiliifolia vines has not been determined, and producers of alcoholic beverages use grapes from any wild vine growing in the forest with fruit production that is very different in each one.

The alcohol percentage recorded across all the alcoholic beverages was between 2 and 21.94 %, and this shows the lack of regulations for making alcoholic beverages from V. tiliifolia in Naolinco. Also, the wide-ranging values for reducing sugars, pH, acidity and TSS in the alcoholic beverages indicate different stages of maturity in the harvested grapes. To determine the date of harvest in V. vinifera, it is necessary to consider the TSS of the fruit. For example, as a general rule for making a good-quality table wine, the wine grapes should have a minimum of ~20 °Brix at harvest (Poni et al., 2018). The TSS values reported in mature fruits of V. tiliifolia are about 13 °Brix for the pulp and 8 °Brix for the peel (Jiménez, Juárez, Jiménez-Fernández, Monribot-Villanueva, & Guerrero-Analco, 2018), and the TSS in the beverages studied had values between 0.26 and 38.16 %. The makers of alcoholic beverages of Naolinco do not take into account the TSS as an index for harvest and sometimes the harvested fruit is not ripe or overripe, thereby lowering the quality of the alcoholic beverage.

The V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverages were more acidic (0.5-4.7 %) (Table 3) than the Sangiovese (6.5-6.6 %) (Palliotti et al., 2017), Cabernet Sauvignon (7.83 %) and Merlot (6.90 %) wines (de la Cruz-Aquino, Martínez-Peniche, Becerril-Román, & Chávaro-Ortíz, 2012). This is probably because V. tiliifolia vines in the wild have acidic juice with titratable acidity values of 3 % (Jimémez et al., 2018), while the juice of V. vinifera cultivar grapes used for making commercial red wine is less acidic (Sadras, Petrie, & Moran, 2012; Soyer, Koca, & Karadeniz, 2003). Therefore, the high acidity and low pH (1.17-3.31) found in alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia (Table 3) would be related to the acidic characteristic of the V. tiliifolia grapes that grow naturally in the tropical forest.

The seven different groups of V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverages had different chemical characteristics, making it difficult to compare them with dry red wines. However, the taste of alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia is similar to that of semi-sweet red wines that are used in Italy to accompany dessert.

Phenols, anthocyanins, flavonoids, tannins and antioxidant capacity

The semi-sweet Lambrusco Italian wine was superior to all red alcoholic beverages of V. tiliifolia in total phenols, anthocyanins, tannin contents, and antioxidant capacity (ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP) (Table 4). Regarding the flavonoid concentration, the Tinto Salvaje ‘wine’, made with V. tiliifolia grapes, surpassed the Lambrusco wine (Table 4). Tinto Salvaje had greater antioxidant capacity than the other alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia (Table 4).

Table 4 Phenols, anthocyanins, flavonoids, tannins and antioxidant capacity for five alcoholic beverages made with Vitis tiliifolia grapes, and for Lambrusco wine made with Vitis vinifera. Alcohol percentage was a single value for each bottle of alcoholic beverage. 

Beverage Total phenolic (mg GAE·L-1) Anthocyanins (mg Cyd·L-1) Flavonoids (µg CE·L-1) Tannins (mg CE·L-1) FRAP (µmol TE·L-1) ABTS (µmol TE·L-1) DPPH (µmol TE·L-1) Alcohol (%)
Naolinco 1 598.15 cz 2.90 bcd 272.11 bc 275.13 c 1290.06 d 3861.25 d 3229.11 d 14.73
Naolinco 2 542.62 c 2.58 d 234.92 c 244.07 cd 1588.97 d 4041.96 d 3261.32 d 14.21
Naolinco 3 537.06 c 3.50 bc 242.98 c 228.86 cd 1136.97 d 3143.54 d 2692.49 e 14.07
Naolinco 4 951.56 b 3.93 b 228.53 c 201.34 d 3201.86 c 6295.76 c 3823.13 c 8.60
T. Salvaje 1088.53 b 2.19 de 449.27 a 589.29 b 4377.68 b 9217.43 b 7465.12 b 5.25
Lambrusco 1294.07 a 7.77 a 291.65 b 996.28 a 6228.53 a 11582.00 a 8798.86 a 7.50
LSD1 157.50 1.14 44.51 72.15 533.70 990.00 526.81

1LSD = Least significant difference. zMeans with the same letter within each column do not differ statistically (Tukey, P ≤ 0.05).

Total phenol and anthocyanin levels determined in the Lambrusco wine (Table 4) were similar to those reported by other researchers for this wine (Tassoni, Tango, & Ferri, 2014). The antioxidant capacity (DPPH, FRAP and ABTS) of the V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverages resembled that determined in V. vinifera rosé wines (Lino et al., 2014). Moderate consumption of V. tiliifolia alcoholic beverages with adequate concentrations of flavonoids could help to regulate immune responses that decrease the inflammation observed in many diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia diseases (Magrone & Jirillo, 2010).

The alcoholic beverages made from V. tiliifolia are valued by certain consumers in Mexico and Cuba. This species is not commercially cultivated in Mexico, but with a selection of varieties, along with horticultural management, the quality of its fruits (increasing TSS at maturity) can be enhanced and better alcoholic beverages produced. The artisanal processes used in the making of alcoholic beverages of V. tiliifolia were not documented in the present study, but with greater technological knowledge in the production of this beverage, the quality will be improved. The alcohol percentage of the beverages varied from 5.25 to 14.73 %. The Tinto Salvaje had the lowest value (Table 4) and this can be classified as a dealcoholized ‘wine’ (Stasi et al., 2014) or a beverage made from V. tiliifolia. The rest of the alcoholic beverages are within the alcohol-content range for wines (Table 4).

Conclusions

This is the first report where the physical and chemical characteristics of alcoholic beverages made with V. tiliifolia are shown.

An artisanal alcoholic beverage made with wild V. tiliifolia surpassed a commercial wine made from V. vinifera in total flavonoids.

The survey generated socio-economic and cultural information about the alcoholic beverage producers that can be used to take actions to improve this local industry. For example, the uses of wastes produced in the making of these alcoholic beverages must be regulated. The vines of V. tiliifolia are widely distributed in the tropical regions of the Americas and one of their main uses could be the production of alcoholic beverages under a regulatory framework aimed at enhancing their quality. It is necessary to cultivate this species since it is overexploited in some regions. The selection of individuals with outstanding fruit, having a good balance between organic acids and carbohydrates, is required in order to make quality alcoholic beverages.

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Received: December 07, 2018; Accepted: July 17, 2019

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