title: Comparative evolution of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and sulfites during storage of a rosé wine bottled in PET and glass.
abstract: The management of dissolved and headspace gases during bottling and the choice of packaging are both key factors for the shelf life of wine. Two kinds of 75 cL polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles (with or without recycled PET) were compared to glass bottles filled with a rosé wine, closed with the same screwcaps and stored upright at 20 °C in light or in the dark. Analytical monitoring (aphrometric pressure, headspace volume, O2, N2, CO2, and SO2) was carried out for 372 days. After the consumption of O2 trapped during bottling, the total O2 content in glass bottles remained stable. A substantial decrease of CO2 and SO2 concentration and an increase of O2 concentration were observed in the PET bottles after 6 months because of the considerable gas permeability of monolayer PET. Light accelerated O2 consumption during the early months. Finally, the kinetic monitoring of partial pressures in gas and liquid phases in bottles showed contrasting behavior of O2 and N2 in comparison with CO2.
authors.affiliation: UE999 Pech-Rouge, INRA , 11430 Gruissan, France.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Salmon
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis*; D018857:Food Packaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D061353:Food Storage / Q000379:methods; D005898:Glass; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D013447:Sulfites / Q000032:analysis*; D013696:Temperature; D014920:Wine / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D013447:Sulfites; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen