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Wine in a box? Think 'good' not 'gauche'

Wine in a box? Think 'good' not 'gauche'

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

In a surprise discovery that may help boxed wine shake off its image as a gauche alternative to bottles, scientists in Canada are reporting that multilayer aseptic cartons (a.k.a. ‘boxes’) may help reduce ...





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Red, White Wine, Fish And Science

Chemistry / Other

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The long-standing rule of matching wine and food -- red wine with red meat and white wine with fish -- actually has a scientific explanation, according to two scientists working for the Mercian Corporation, ...


Study: White wine can make tooth stains darker

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It has long been known that red wine causes teeth to stain. But white wine? A recent study by NYU dental researchers found that drinking white wine can also increase the potential for teeth to take on dark stains.


Herbal wine, just the thing for ailing pharoahs (AP)

Herbal wine, just the thing for ailing pharaohs

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(AP) -- When great-grandma took a nip of the elderberry wine "for medicinal purposes," she was following a tradition that goes back thousands of years.


Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage

Chemistry /

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

You don't need a wine expert to identify a '74 Pinot Noir from Burgundy – a handheld "electronic tongue" devised by European scientists will tell you the grape variety and vintage at the press of a button.


Taking the stress off yeast produces better wine

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Turning grape juice into wine is a stressful business for yeasts. Dr Agustin Aranda from the University of Valencia, Spain has identified the genes in yeast that enable it to respond to stress and is investigating ways to ...


A scientific basis the 'golden rule' of pairing wines and foods

A scientific basis the 'golden rule' of pairing wines and foods

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists in Japan are reporting the first scientific explanation for one of the most widely known rules of thumb for pairing wine with food: "Red wine with red meat, white wine with fish." The scientists ...


Red wine vs. white? It makes no difference when it comes to breast-cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The largest study of its kind to evaluate the effect of red versus white wine on breast-cancer risk concludes that both are equal offenders when it comes to increasing breast-cancer risk. The results of the study, led by ...


Drinking wine may increase survival among non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pre-diagnostic wine consumption may reduce the risk of death and relapse among non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients, according to an epidemiology study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting ...


Bushfires leave a bad taste for wine lovers

Biology /

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian winemakers are turning to the University of Adelaide to help identify grape varieties that are less susceptible to smoke from summer bushfires.


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Red wine decreases the risk of lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 1

Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, according to a report in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention¸ a journal of the American Association for Ca ...



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