Variation of the flavour and extractives of European oak wood from two French forests

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-287

  Mosedale, Jonathan R ^a   Ford, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b International Technological Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Flavour; Heartwood extractives; Oak; Principal component analysis; Quercus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001581977     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199603)70:3<273::aid-jsfa496>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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