Show Notes
Mark Solomon is a Senior Scientist at the AWRI, where he works on a range of flavour-related projects. He chatted to Drew about the AWRI’s trials of simple foliar sprays to boost tropical flavours in white wine.
EPISODE LINKS Foliar sprays webpage Enhancing tropical fruit flavour through foliar nutrient sprays (industry article) Influencing tropical thiol concentration in white wine by combining foliar sprays (AWRI webinar Sept. 2022)
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