“…Individual anthocyanins are progressively transformed into more stable oligomeric and polymeric pigments. These pigments include the products resulting from the direct and acetaldehyde-mediated anthocyanin-flavanol condensation reactions (Somers, 1971;Timberlake & Bridle, 1976), as well as the products originated from the C-4/C-5 cycloaddition reactions of anthocyanins with other phenols and yeast secondary metabolites (pyruvic acid, 4-vinylphenols, hydroxycinnamic acids, vinylflavanols, acetaldehyde, acetone, among others), giving rise to so-called pyranoanthocyanins (Bakker & Timberlake, 1997;Benabdeljalil et al, 2000;Fulcrand, Benabdeljalil, Rigaud, Cheynier, & Moutounet, 1998;Fulcrand, Cameira Dos Santos, Sarni-Manchado, Cheynier, & Favre-Bonvin, 1996;Mateus, Silva, Santos-Buelga, Rivas-Gonzalo, & De Freitas, 2002;Monagas, Nu´n˜ez, Bartolome´, & Gó mez-Cordoves, 2003;Pozo-Bayo´n, Monagas, Polo, & Go´mez-Cordove´s, 2004;Schwarz, Wabnitz, & Winterhalter, 2003). Flavanols are also involved in chemical and enzymatic oxidative browning reactions, and in interactions with proteins that result in haze formation Ricardo da Silva et al, 1991).…”