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Seguin Moreau Debuts QTT Barrel
Posted on February 23, 2021
NAPA, Calif., After more than ten years of research and development conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV) in Bordeaux, Seguin Moreau is proud to unveil the QTT barrel.
QTT, or the molecules quercotriterpenosides, are a new family of oak compounds found to play a key role in sensory profiles of wines aged in barrels and are responsible for the sensation of “sugariness” and sweetness in dry wines.
The discovery of QTT and of a structurally close sub-family Glu-AB, molecules characterized by their bitterness, provide scientific explanations for oak-aged wines’ taste balance. Previously the volume, sweetness and roundness seen during oak aging wine had been unexplained. Extensive research by the teams of Professor Denis Dubourdieu and Doctor Axel Marchal (ISVV) uncovered new correlations, which were followed by five years of studies and analysis first to determine with certain
Those behind the research hope to see how stresses produced by zero gravity affect plant growth, and whether spatial conditions could be used to tackle agricultural.
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Wine bottles from the Bordeaux region are pictured on March 2, 2020 in New York City. Twelve bottles of Bordeaux wine are back at home after spending months on the International Space Station. AFP
Out-of-this-world wine back in Bordeaux after space trip
Wed, 3 February 2021
Twelve bottles of Bordeaux wine and dozens of vine shoots are back at home in southwest France after spending months on the International Space Station (ISS) for an unusual astrochemistry experiment.
The red wine and 320 mature shoots known as canes arrived on February 1 after their return to Earth via a Dragon capsule operated by SpaceX, the private launching company created by Elon Musk.
(Space Cargo Unlimited via Courthouse News)
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) Twelve bottles of Bordeaux wine and dozens of vine shoots are back at home in southwest France after spending months on the International Space Station (ISS) for an unusual astrochemistry experiment.
The red wine and 320 mature shoots known as canes arrived Monday after their return to Earth via a Dragon capsule operated by SpaceX, the private launching company created by Elon Musk.
They will be analyzed at the Institute of Vine and Wine Science in Bordeaux to see how the stresses produced by zero gravity affect both grape growth and the finished product, which could spur new agricultural research.