Wine expertise predicts taste phenotype

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-84

  Hayes, John E ^a   Pickering, Gary J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food adventurousness; PROP; Propylthiouracil; Supertasters; Taste genetics; Wine adventurousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858032940     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2011.11050     Document Type: Article

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