RFID and Covert Ink used to authenticate fine wines
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For instance, the real price (in 1988 prices) for the basket of the entire Top 100 list [for the U.S.] was $4,313 in 1988; $3,132 in 1993; $2,533 in 1999; and $2,421 in 2004. That is nearly a 44% decrease in prices from 1988 to 2004. At the same time, there was no significant change in the quality of the wines on the Top 100 list…
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A recently published study has showed that there exists a correlation between the type of music played and the perceptions of a consumer concerning the qualities of a wine being drunk.
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We recently came across this report… Continue reading ‘The influence of a label on wine consumption’
WASHINGTON: Women who drink wine are less likely to develop dementia over time, according to Swedish researchers.
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Launch in Bordeaux of new system assuring the provenance of fine wine: authenticity, traceability and knowledge of storage temperatures
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Red wine might inhibit the activity of alpha-glucosidase, an enzyme responsible for triggering the absorption of glucose by the small intestine, by almost 100 per cent, according to the new laboratory study (in vitro) published in the Journal of Food Biochemistry.
Continue reading ‘Wine and tea compounds linked to diabetes benefits’
First Venture Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) is pleased to report the final analysis of results from commercial product trials of its urea-degrading wine yeasts conducted in Chile during the spring 2007 winemaking season.
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Lake County Winegrape Commission Posts Transcripts from the First International Conference
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First Venture enters agreement that will allow for commercial production of Ethyl Carbamate minimizing yeasts with a North American based yeast producer.
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Lovers of Shiraz might soon be enjoying an even better tasting (and smelling) version of Australia’s most popular red wine.
Continue reading ‘Scientists sniff out key wine aroma in breakthrough research’
To enable continuing research efforts aimed at controlling the spread of Pierce’s disease (PD) and the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), the PD/GWSS Board at their June 28 meeting has recommended to California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura that the winegrape grower assessment be lowered to $1.50 per thousand dollars of value for the 2007 harvest.
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First Venture Technologies Corp. (TSX-V:FEB) reports that at its May 9, 2007 annual general
meeting, David Allard, Fabio Banducci, Geoff Lee, Howard Louie and Ron
Paton were re-elected as directors of the Company.
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California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary A.G. Kawamura has approved the Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (PD/GWSS) Board’s recent recommendations to fund 14 PD-related research projects beginning in 2007/2008.
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• Pierce’s Disease Control Program Lends a Hand
• GWSS Numbers Low in Bulk Citrus Shipments
• Research Program Assessment Continues
• Pierce’s Disease Control Program Report
Continue reading ‘CDFA PD/GWSS Board Highlights - May 2007′
First Venture Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) reports that The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (”IARC”) has reclassified ethyl carbamate (urethane) and is now including it as a Group 2A carcinogen - probably carcinogenic to humans. Contaminants similarly classified as Group 2A carcinogens include acrylamide (found in many snack foods), anabolic steroids, PCB’s, diesel engine exhaust, lead-based compounds like arsenic and mercury, and nitrogen mustard
(mustard gas). Ethyl carbamate had previously been listed as a 2B - possible carcinogen to humans.
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First Venture Technologies Corp. (TSX-V:FEB) reports that the company’s proprietary
yeasts are being trialed by the Canadian wine industry.
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