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    STUDIA GEOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2007  
         
  Article:   ROMANIAN WINES CHARACTERIZATION WITH ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS, IN CONCORDANCE WITH THE EUROPEANS STANDARD.

Authors:  DIANA COSTINEL, LAZAR ROXANA ELENA, VREMERA RALUCA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  Wine growing has been known for centuries long in Romania. The country has been favored by its geographical position in the south-eastern Europe, by its proximity to the Black Sea, as well as by the specificity of the local soil and climate. Alongside France, Italy, Spain, Germany, countries in this area like Romania could also be called "a vine homeland" in Europe. High quality wines produced in this region were object of trade ever since ancient times. For this reason, the Romanian wine industry has now a huge potential for a significant impact in the near future. Under current European Union research projects, is necessary to develop the new methods of identifying evidence for wine adulteration and safety. The use of mass spectrometry (MS) to determine the ratios of stable isotopes in bio-molecules now provides the means to prove the botanical and geographical origin of a wide variety of foodstuffs – and therefore, to authenticate and eliminate fraud. The European Union, as a means of controlling adulteration of wine has officially adopted isotope analysis. Adulteration of wine can happen in many ways, e.g. addition of non-grape ethanol, addition of non-grape sugar, water or other unauthorized substances, undeclared mixing of wines from different wards, geographical areas or countries, mislabeling of variety and age.  
         
     
         
         
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