Multi-element analysis of South African wines and their provenance soils by ICP-MS and their classification according to geographical origin using multivariate statistics

• Main Author: Van der Linde, Gert
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Wine and wine making; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Provenance trials; Trace elements; Walker Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3172

M.Sc. The South African wine industry is well respected internationally for producing high quality wines. The possible adulteration of these wines can lead to loss of reputation and a loss of sales and could also be dangerous to consumer’s health. Multi-element analysis of wines is one way of implem...