“…Eight yeast species viz. Metschnikowia pulcherrima, Pichia terricola, Starmerella bacillaris, Candida parapsilosis, Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Lachancea thermotolerans, Hanseniaspora vineae , and S. cerevisiae were selected to establish a consortium based on (i) their frequent occurrence in grape juices from SA and other wine producing regions, (ii) easy and consistent resolution in ARISA, and (iii) easy morphological detection on WL agar ( Jolly et al, 2003a ; Combina et al, 2005 ; Di Maro et al, 2007 ; Lopandic et al, 2008 ; Romancino et al, 2008 ; Salinas et al, 2009 ; Sun et al, 2009 ; Suzzi et al, 2012 ; Weightman, 2014 ; Maturano et al, 2015 ; Morgan, 2016 ). Fermentations were carried out, by inoculating the selected yeast species, in synthetic grape juice medium (pH 3.5) adapted from Bely et al (1990) and Henschke and Jiranek (1993) .…”