Use Of Wooden Casks Or Steel Tanks For Chardonnay
Influences Its Fermentative Aroma

ScienceDaily (30 April 2009) — After analysing different points of the process of the transformation of grape juice to wine, find [Basque researcher] Ana Gonzalez Marco concluded that the type of container (wooden cask or steel tank) employed notably influences the fermentative aroma of Chardonnay wine, health and that oak cask-fermented wines have, unhealthy in general, a greater concentration of superior alcohols and esters of medium-sized chains of fatty acids.

Her thesis had two fundamental objectives: to study the formation of volatile compounds of Chardonnay wines, fermented using a number of different methods, and to determine the amine content of the wine and its evolution during the conservation of the product.

Half A Glass Of Wine A Day May Boost Life Expectancy By Five Years

ScienceDaily (30 April 2009) — Drinking up to half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by five years-at least in men, pharmacy suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  The Dutch authors base their findings on a total of 1,373 randomly selected men whose cardiovascular health and life expectancy at age 50 were repeatedly monitored between 1960 and 2000.