Kinetics and stability of the mixing flow patterns found in champagne glasses as determined by laser tomography techniques: likely impact on champagne tasting

Gérard Liger-Belair; Fabien Beaumont; Marie-Anne Vialatte; Sandrine Jégou; Philippe Jeandet; Guillaume Polidori

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2007.10.054

Kinetics and stability of the mixing flow patterns found in champagne glasses as determined by laser tomography techniques: likely impact on champagne tasting

Anal Chim Acta. 2008 Jul 21;621(1):30-7. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2007.10.054. Epub 2007 Nov 12.

Authors

Gérard Liger-Belair¹, Fabien Beaumont, Marie-Anne Vialatte, Sandrine Jégou, Philippe Jeandet, Guillaume Polidori

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Oenologie et Chimie Appliquée, UPRES EA 2069, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, BP 1039, 51687 Reims, Cedex 02, France. gerard.liger-belair@univ-reims.fr

PMID: 18573367
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2007.10.054

Abstract

Laser tomography techniques were used in order to make visible the flow patterns induced by ascending bubbles in flutes poured with champagne. The stability of flow patterns was investigated in flutes showing natural (without any specific surface treatment) as well as artificial effervescence (i.e., engraved at their bottom), all along the first 15min after pouring. Engravement conditions were found to strongly influence the kinetics and the stability with time of the mixing flow phenomena found in champagne glasses.