Wine bottle colour and oxidative spoilage: whole bottle light exposure experiments under controlled and uncontrolled temperature conditions

• Main Authors: Daniel Dias, Andrew Clark, Trevor Smith, Kenneth Ghiggino, Geoffrey Scollary
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Beverage chemistry and beverage sensory science; Analytical chemistry not elsewhere classified; Bottle colour; Bottle surface effects; Colour enhancement; Light exposure; Oxygen; White wine; Arctic; Flint
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Wine_bottle_colour_and_oxidative_spoilage_whole_bottle_light_exposure_experiments_under_controlled_and_uncontrolled_temperature_conditions/27481158

Exposure of a Chardonnay wine to light from a mercury vapour lamp under controlled temperature conditions showed that colour enhancement was dependent on bottle colour. The increase in colouration was Antique Green < French Green < Arctic Blue < Flint, in agreement with the transmission cha...