Don’t Stop ‘Til the Beat Drops: The Effect of Micro-Vibrations on Wine Quality During Storage
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by Becca
1y ago
Well hello there!  It’s been a minute! I’ve missed writing very much, and think I may finally be coming out of the mental fog I’ve had these past several months.  Here’s to fresh starts! Today I’m going to talk about a new study about micro-vibrations and how these teeny movements may or may not affect the evolution of bottled wine in storage. It’s well known that larger, macro-vibrations such as transporting wine in a vehicle or something similar to this can have a negative effect on a wine (think: bottle shock).  It can lead to muted aromas and flavors, or an otherwise unremar ..read more
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What IS “Local Wine” Anyway?: A Study on Defining “Local Wine” to Wine Consumers in Ontario
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by Becca
1y ago
What does “buying local” mean to you? When you go to the grocery store, how close does a food item need to be produced in order for you to consider it local?  How about wine?  Is a local wine one from your home county or state?  Or perhaps as long as it’s made in your country would you consider it local then?  These questions and more are the basis of a new study, available online since February 2022 from researchers at the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute at Brock University (Ontario, Canada) in the Journal of Wine Research. According to the New Oxford Ameri ..read more
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Call to Action!: Crowdfunding Requested for New UC Davis Red Wine Headache Research
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by Becca
1y ago
Wow, it’s been a while…..been taking some time off, but I shall return soon enough. In the meantime, here’s some information for a new research project from well-respected scientists and researchers at UC Davis that I thought I’d pass along to all my readers! Click on the link and read all about the project! –> UC Davis | Uncovering the Source of Red Wine Headaches Hope to be back sooner than later with all new content here on The Academic Wino! Here’s the email I received from Dr. Andrew Waterhouse regarding the project: ——————————- What Causes Red Wine Headaches? For some wine drinkers, r ..read more
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What IS “Local Wine” Anyway?: A Study on Defining “Local Wine” to Wine Consumers in Ontario
The Academic Wino
by Becca
2y ago
What does “buying local” mean to you? When you go to the grocery store, how close does a food item need to be produced in order for you to consider it local?  How about wine?  Is a local wine one from your home county or state?  Or perhaps as long as it’s made in your country would you consider it local then?  These questions and more are the basis of a new study, available online since February 2022 from researchers at the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute at Brock University (Ontario, Canada) in the Journal of Wine Research. According to the New Oxford Ameri ..read more
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Call to Action!: Crowdfunding Requested for New UC Davis Red Wine Headache Research
The Academic Wino
by Becca
2y ago
Wow, it’s been a while…..been taking some time off, but I shall return soon enough. In the meantime, here’s some information for a new research project from well-respected scientists and researchers at UC Davis that I thought I’d pass along to all my readers! Click on the link and read all about the project! –> UC Davis | Uncovering the Source of Red Wine Headaches Hope to be back sooner than later with all new content here on The Academic Wino! Here’s the email I received from Dr. Andrew Waterhouse regarding the project: ——————————- What Causes Red Wine Headaches? For some wine drinkers, r ..read more
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Happy [Belated] 10th Blogiversary, The Academic Wino!
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by Becca
2y ago
On June 8th, 2011, The Academic Wino was born! Happy 10th Blogiversary to me! 10 years? 10 YEARS? I would never have guessed the blog would have come this far! I’ve had so many amazing opportunities come my way these past 10 YEARS, I can’t even begin to describe how incredibly grateful I am to all those who have believed in me and given me the chance to travel and experience the world of wine in the ways that have been offered to me. (sorry for the run-on sentence) As you can probably tell, I haven’t been as active with writing this past year (or two, for that matter). With all the things goin ..read more
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The Effect of Ambient Light Brightness on Intensity of Flavor Perception
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by Becca
3y ago
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 dining experience in a restaurant or shopping experience in a wine shop (or any other retail shop for that matter).  From lighting to music, changing these stimuli can have a profound effect on consumer experience. For example, one 2014 study found that brighter lighting increased consumer desire for spicier foods.  Another study in 2007 found tha ..read more
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Perception of Flavor: A Basic Primer on Cross-Modal Interactions
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by Becca
3y ago
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 beginning stages of a new project on perception of taste and flavor and am reading a whole bunch of papers from a wide range of years.  Today’s paper I consider to be a short, introductory paper to the general topic of interest for this new project.  Nothing earth-shattering to be found here, but could be interesting (to at least some of you) nonetheless ..read more
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Book Review: Women Winemakers; Personal Odysseys by Lucia Albino Gilbert & John C. Gilbert
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by Becca
3y ago
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 to the book are part of the Amazon Affiliate program where if you purchase the book or something else using these links, I may receive a few cents.  All thoughts and opinions are my own. Happy Spring, readers! I hope the new season is treating you all well and that you are in good health. A couple of months ago I managed to get some mystery infection that finally resolved a ..read more
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Superbug Syrah?: Can bacteria express resistance to the antimicrobial activity of wine? And how does it compare with antibiotic resistance in medicine?
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by Becca
3y ago
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 it.  Is the antimicrobial mechanism of wine similar or different to medical antibiotics?  With medical antibiotics, it is known that over time some bacteria can develop a resistance to it, and thus the medication stops working for the patient.  What about wine?  Can bacteria become resistant to wine over time? A n ..read more
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