Enartis Vinquiry has added two analytical panels to its extensive technical service offerings: 

Wine Phenolic Fingerprint Panel – Panel 16
Powered by the Australian Wine Research Institute Tannin Portal
Quantitative measurement of phenolics is a valuable tool that can help winemakers with pressing, blending and fining decisions and can provide insight into the effects of winemaking practices on color stability, vintage to vintage variability and effects of aging. 

There are various tannin assays available to winemakers including the Adams Harbertson assay and the methyl cellulose precipitable (MCP) method. Both methods are time consuming and have led many wineries to abandon attempts to quantify tannins and pigments in their wines. Efforts have been made to develop an easier method using a spectral calibration to “predict” the concentrations of tannins, total phenols and pigments. The Australian Wine Research Institute has created the Wine Phenolic Fingerprint which has proven robust for different varietals and wines from various regions, countries and continents. In addition, the Wine Phenolic Fingerprint offers a “benchmarking” feature that will show how a particular wine matches up with similar wines from a particular varietal, region, or AVA. This is a powerful tool for developing and fine-tuning a winery’s style with different varietals and as well as assessing consumer preferences. 

The Wine Phenolic Fingerprint Panel from Enartis Vinquiry includes analysis for Total Phenolics, Total Tannin, Total Pigments, Free Anthocyanins, Pigmented Tannins and Benchmarking (optional). 

Predictive Tartrate Stability Panel – Panel 17
The Predictive Tartrate Stability Panel uses Mextar®2.0.en Decision Support System (DSS) to predict and manage chemical-physical equilibria in wine. It simulates various winery operations and predicts the variation of chemical-physical equilibria in wine during tartaric precipitation, malolactic fermentation, secondary fermentation of sparkling wine, acidification and deacidification. While it is a predictive tool and not intended as a replacement for actual analyses such as cold stability by conductivity, it is a valuable tool to get a sense of stability, as well as potential changes in pH and TA during these operations. These predictions can save time and expense and reduce carbon emissions. 

The Predictive Tartrate Stability Panel includes analysis for Alcohol, Tartaric Acid, Potassium, pH, Titratable Acidity, Density, Volatile Acidity, and an estimate of the effect of your choice of wine treatments (acidification, de-acidification, increase/decrease in alcohol) on the tartrate stability of a test wine. Predictions for changes in TA and pH given different treatment scenarios are also available!