Permeation of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole through cork closures in wine bottles

Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 196-199

  Capone, Dimitra L ^a   Skouroumounis, George K ^a   Sefton, Mark A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cork; Taint; Trichloroanisole; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036433347     PISSN: 13227130     EISSN: 17550238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0238.2002.tb00256.x     Document Type: Article

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