Continuing with the theme of taste perception, this weeks’ blog post highlights a short study on the effects on light brightness on flavor intensity. It is well documented that there are many different kinds of stimuli that can affect one’s…
Hello, readers! I’m going to diverge from my usual m.o and present today a slightly older study than I usually do. Instead of being published in the last year, this one was published in 2017. Why? Well, I’m in the…
by Becca • • Comments Off on Book Review: Women Winemakers: Personal Odysseys by Lucia Albino Gilbert & John C. Gilbert
To view a complete list of all the books I have reviewed on The Academic Wino, visit my Wine Book Library page and browse! Full disclosure: I received a copy of this book for free from the author, and links…
by Becca • • Comments Off on Superbug Syrah?: Can bacteria express resistance to the antimicrobial activity of wine? And how does it compare with antibiotic resistance in medicine?
One of the reported health benefits of wine is its antibacterial/antimicrobial properties. It is not completely understood exactly how wine functions in this manner, specifically which components of wine act as the microbial agents and how exactly do they do…