Table 1. Changes in physicochemical characteristics of wine mashing step added with Panax ginseng sprout from different pre-treatment condition

1st fermentation step 2nd fermentation step 3rd fermentation step
Fermentation periods (days) 0 2 0 2 0 2
Alcohol contents (%) - 15.00±0.20e 1) 5.00±0.10a 10.00±0.30c 7.00±0.10b 13.00±0.20d
pH 6.67±0.26c 4.70±0.07b 6.70±0.41c 3.77±0.01a 3.98±0.02a 3.86±0.02a
Acidity (%) 0.16±0.01a 0.38±0.05b 0.17±0.03a 0.87±0.02d 0.64±0.02c 0.69±0.03c
Reducing sugar (g/100 g) 3.36±0.03e 1.26±0.02b 3.52±0.14f 2.23±0.04d 1.95±0.04c 0.82±0.02a
1)a-fMeans with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different by Duncan's multiple range test (p<0.05).