Wine: A Scientific Exploration

by Merton Sandler (Editor), Roger Pinder (Editor)

Overview

Interest in wine science has grown enormously over the last two decades as the health benefits of moderate wine consumption have become firmly established in preventing heart disease, stroke, cancer and dementia. The growth of molecular biology has allowed proper investigation of grapevine identity and lineage and led to improvements in the winemak

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134539529
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/19/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Merton Sandler, Roger Pinder

Table of Contents

Drinking Wine. The History of Wine as a Medicine. Wine in Archaeology. Phylloxera. Wine and Heart Disease: A Statistical Approach. Biological and Biochemical Actions of Resveratrol. Wine, Alcohol and Cardiovascular Diseases. Polyphenols in Red and White Wines: A Joint Venture Between Hydrated Electrons and Protons. Grape and Wine Flavonoids and Stilbenes. Modern Biotechnology of Wine Production. The Parentage of Wine Grapes. Wine and Migraine. Wine: Protective in Macular Degeneration. Antimicrobial Effects of Red Wine Estate Vineyard, Australia.