As anyone who has been around wine for very long knows, proper storage conditions for wine is very important in terms of maintaining wine quality. If a wine is exposed to too much light or too high of temperatures, off…
by Becca • • Comments Off on Wine Literature Review Lightning Round: 5th Edition
There’s no way one single person can possibly review every single piece of peer reviewed literature related to wine that is published every day. This series presents multiple new papers (within the past year or two) in one post by…
Often times, scientific research articles have implications for applications into the real world—for example, on Monday, I posted an article on examining 2D-COS as a possible screening method for smoke taint in wine. The results of the study had significant…
by Becca • • Comments Off on Using Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy To Screen For Smoke Taint in Wines: A Novel Approach
Smoke taint is a significant threat to wine quality, and is relatively common in places that are more prone to wildfires (specifically, Australia and parts of California). Smoke taint in wine is created when grapevines are exposed to a significant…