Wildfire smoke contains hundreds of different volatile compounds. When grapevines are exposed to smoke, many of these compounds can accumulate in...
Smoke taint
Smoke taint has become a prominent issue for the global wine industry as climate change continues to impact the length and extremity of fire seasons...
Goals: With increased wildfires in recent years, winemakers must be able to interpret analyses of smoke-related marker compounds to determine...
Harvesting grapes from vines that have been exposed to bushfire smoke can result in wines containing smoke taint, described as “smoky, burnt and...
Smoke taint is strongly correlated with volatile phenols such as guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, eugenol, syringol and some cresols, to name a few....
The aim of this projects was to start development of a non-destructive, in field method to detect what the extent of smoke taint is in grapevine...