Journal
FERMENTATION-BASEL
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9010010
Keywords
near-infrared spectroscopy; machine learning modelling; authenticity; wine fraud
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Due to the increasing rates of wine fraud, it is important to develop non-invasive techniques to assess wine quality and provenance. This study used near-infrared spectroscopy to analyze unopened bottles of Shiraz wines from Australia and developed accurate machine learning models to predict wine vintage, sensory descriptors, and volatile aromatic compounds. The proposed method allows for the assessment of wine traits without opening the bottle, which can be used to detect fraud and provenance.
Due to increased fraud rates through counterfeiting and adulteration of wines, it is important to develop novel non-invasive techniques to assess wine quality and provenance. Assessment of quality traits and provenance of wines is predominantly undertaken with complex chemical analysis and sensory evaluation, which tend to be costly and time-consuming. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a rapid and non-invasive method to assess wine vintages and quality traits using digital technologies. Samples from thirteen vintages from Dookie, Victoria, Australia (2000-2021) of Shiraz were analysed using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) through unopened bottles to assess the wine chemical fingerprinting. Three highly accurate machine learning (ML) models were developed using the NIR absorbance values as inputs to predict (i) wine vintage (Model 1; 97.2%), (ii) intensity of sensory descriptors (Model 2; R = 0.95), and (iii) peak area of volatile aromatic compounds (Model 3; R = 0.88). The proposed method will allow the assessment of provenance and quality traits of wines without the need to open the wine bottle, which may also be used to detect wine fraud and provenance. Furthermore, low-cost NIR devices are available in the market with required spectral range and sensitivity, which can be affordable for winemakers and retailers and can be used with the machine learning models proposed here.
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