The Provencal Rosé Paradox: Why wine you enjoy on holiday doesn't taste the same back in the UK
Oxford University's Professor Charles Spence has explained the phenomenon, which he's dubbed the Provencal Rosé Paradox.
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Oxford University's Professor Charles Spence has explained the phenomenon, which he's dubbed the Provencal Rosé Paradox.
Research by the Yunnan Agricultural University in China suggests that the grapes used to make top European wines may actually be from Western Asia and the Caucasus.
Researchers from the University of Trento found that wines stored in transparent vessels can react with light to develop nasty aromas, including 'boiled cabbage' and 'wet dog'.
A team of academics at the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said that our preferences are determined by the structure of each odour molecule.
The facility, opened by the French National Institute for Research into Agriculture, Food and the Environment, will preserve tissues from the vines at -320°F (-196°C) in liquid nitrogen in a cryobank.