Show Notes
Sheridan Barter grew up in the Barossa with strong ties to the wine industry. After studying forensic and analytical chemistry, she turned back to her wine roots by joining the research team at the AWRI. Sheridan chatted to Drew about her work investigating how pepper character in red wine forms in grapes in the vineyard.
EPISODE LINKS
Pepper flavour in wine (fact sheet)
Mapping the origins of high rotundone and pepper flavour in wine (article)
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