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Wine Regional 'Fingerprints' Found

Posted August 11, 2014 2:49 PM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Despite the cynicism over wine critique - and the rather grandiose adjectives lavished upon certain appellations - it really does matter where your plonk comes from, according to the researchers from the University of California Davis. They are attempting to fingerprint "terroir" - the unique characteristics that the geography, geology and climate of a certain place bestows upon a wine.

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08/11/2014 3:31 PM

I've always suspected that the label contributes a lot to the taste.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/18/255241685/the-man-who-duped-millionaires-into-paying-big-bucks-for-fake-wine
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08/12/2014 9:25 AM

The surface to which the label is attached is also important. Mylar pouches and cardboard boxes impart vastly different flavors.
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