Category: cork

Wine 123: Causation and Detection of Wine Defects Offered at Santa Rosa JC

Botrytis cinerea, Brettanomyces, cork, Santa Rosa JC, sensory science, Volatile Acidity, Wine, wine faults, winegrowing

I’ll be teaching Wine 123: Causation and Detection of Wine Defects at Santa Rosa JC next semester (Spring 2020). Check out our video courtesy of the Distance Learning department’s Emily Hansen –

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Natural cork, a scapegoat for wine defects

cork, Packaging, Research, sensory, sensory science, SOMM Journal, Wine

When wine professionals encounter a sensory deviation in wine and the offending molecule isn’t obvious, cork often takes the blame by default.

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Amorim's Dr. Paulo Lopes.

The Myth Buster: Dr. Paulo Lopes dispels long-held beliefs about cork

cork, Education, Packaging, Portugal, Research, sensory, sensory science, SOMM Journal, Technology, wine faults

When it comes to wine storage, old habits are hard to break. But Dr. Paulo Lopes, Research and Development Manager[…]

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