title: A traceability study on the Moscato wine chain.
abstract: To address the growing interest of consumers for information on the provenance of foodstuffs, the production chain of world renowned Moscato d'Asti white wine has been studied using the distribution of lanthanides as chemical markers. From soil to must, upon every stage of the chain, samples have been taken and analysed with ICP-MS in order to verify whether the original fingerprint of soil is maintained or not along the chain. Results of this traceability study show clearly that lanthanides fingerprint is kept unaltered in the passage soil-grapes-must, while fractionation occurs upon wine clarifying with bentonites. The second part of the work involves a study on 102 samples of Moscato d'Asti musts in order to verify how they reflect the features of the different geographical zones where they come from, and to build a basis to be able to identify possible adulterations performed by addition of foreign musts.
authors: Università del Piemonte Orientale, Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Viale Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy. maurizio.aceto@mfn.unipmn.it
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Aceto
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: Robotti
authors: Matteo
authors: M
authors: Oddone
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Baldizzone
authors: Gabriella
authors: G
authors: Bonifacino
authors: Guido
authors: G
authors: Bezzo
authors: Rocco
authors: R
authors: Di Stefano
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Gosetti
authors: Eleonora
authors: E
authors: Mazzucco
authors: Marcello
authors: M
authors: Manfredi
authors: Emilio
authors: E
authors: Marengo
mesh_terms: D005843:Geography; D007558:Italy; D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011786:Quality Control; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D027843:Vitis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014920:Wine / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements; D014131:Trace Elements