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AWRI Smoke Taint Information and Ordering page

The following publications are available from the GWRDC Website (http://www.gwrdc.com.au/). To access the reports, see the "Current issues: Latest technical information about smoke effects on grapes and wine" heading on the main page. The recommended reports are as follows:

The AWRI Annual Report 2009 is available in PDF format at:

The AWRI Annual Report 2003 is available in PDF format at:

The following papers are not available from the library:

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Choose from the following papers. Please note that there will be no charge incurred for ordering any of these papers from the AWRI Library:

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Kennison K.R., Wilkinson K.L., Williams H.J., Smith J.H. and Gibberd M.R. (2007) Smoke-derived taint in wine: Effect of postharvest smoke exposure of grapes on the chemical composition and sensory characteristics of wine. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2007, 55, 10897-10901.
Kennison, K.R., Gibberd, M.R., Pollnitz, A.P. and Wilkinson, K.L. (2008) Smoke derived taint in wine: the release of smoke-derived volatile phenols during fermentation of merlot juice following grapevine exposure to smoke. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 56, pp. 7379-7383.
Krstic, M.; Martin, S. and Lowe, S. (2007) Influence of bushfires in north-east Victoria on smoke taint issues, Australian Viticulture, 11 (2), 31-33.
Anon. (2008); Workshop discussion guides the future of smoke taint research, Australian Viticulture, 12 (5), 58-59.
Jones, L. (2008) Smoke taint study aims to understand more about the impacts on grape and wine quality, Australian Viticulture, 12 (3), 102-103.
Logan, S. (2008) Lessons from a fiery day in February, Australian Viticulture, 12 (1), 74-76.
Simos, C. (2008) The implications of smoke taint and management practices, Australian Viticulture, 12 (1), 77-80.
Turner, B.; Wilkinson, K. and Simos, C. (2008) Smoke taint research under way to assist growers in the future, Australian Viticulture , 12 (3), 100-101.
Ward, G.; Kennison, K. and Gibberd, M (2008) Decision making enhanced by smoke taint research, Australian Viticulture, 12 (3), 98-99.
Smith, F. (2006) The taint of smoke, Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker, 510: 45-46.
Smith, F. (2006) Tainted wine is commercial death, Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker, 508: 56-58.
Vallesi, M. and Howell, G. (2007) The ashes we didn’t want – smoke taint in vintage 2007, Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker, 520: 66-77.
White, T. (2007) Smoke taints perception on exact characteristics, Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker, 521: 65-66.
Smith, F. (2008) What to do if smoke gets in the wine, Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker, 530: 20.
Hayasaka, Y., Baldock, G.A., Pardon, K.H., Jeffery, D.W., Herderich, M.J. (2010) Investigation into the formation of guaiacol conjugates in berries and leaves of grapevine Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon using stable isotope tracers combined with HPLC-MS and MS/MS analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58(4): 2076–2081.
Hayasaka, Y., Baldock, G.A., Parker, M., Pardon, K.H., Black, C.A., Herderich, M.J., and Jeffery, D.W. (2010) Glycosylation of Smoke-Derived Volatile Phenols in Grapes as a Consequence of Grapevine Exposure to Bushfire Smoke. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58(20): 10989–10998.
Hayasaka, Y. Dungey, K.A. Baldock, G.A. Kennison, K.R. Wilkinson, K.L. (2010)Identification of a β-D-glucopyranoside precursor to guaiacol in grape juice following grapevine exposure to smoke. Analytica Chimica Acta, 660(1–2): 143–148.