Technical solutions for analysis of grape juice, must, and wine: the role of infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2011 Sep;401(5):1475-84. doi: 10.1007/s00216-011-4946-y. Epub 2011 Apr 5.

Abstract

Information about constituents of grape juice, must, and wine can be used for management and decision support systems in order to improve, monitor, and adapt grape and wine production to new challenges. Numerous sensors that gather this information are either currently available or in development. Nevertheless there is still a need to adapt these sensors to special requirements, for example robustness, calibration and maintenance, operating costs, duration, sensitivity, and specificity to a particular application. The sensors commonly used by the wine industry are those that are based on mid-infrared (MIR), near-infrared (NIR), visible (VIS) and ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy. This article reviews some recent technical solutions for analysis of juice, must and wine based on the combination of infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Beverages / analysis*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared / methods*
  • Vitis / chemistry*
  • Wine / analysis*