CDR WineLab for Wine and Must

It can be used right in the winery during any winemaking phase, from harvesting to bottling even by personnel with no previous specific lab tech experience. With CDR WineLab® you can perform a wide panel of chemical analyses on wine and must in a simple and fast way, both in laboratory and at winemaking plant in winery.

You no longer need to rely on dedicated external laboratories, the results of the tests are available in real time so you can promptly take key decisions during the winemaking process.

Find out how easy it is with CDR WineLab®

How is CDR WineLab® System composed?

Instruments

CDR WineLab® Analysis System uses an analyzer based on photometric technology, available in two versions, and a dedicated kit of pipettes. The ease and reliability of the system is based on exclusive technical features:

Reagent Kits

CDR WineLab® Analysis Systems use low toxicity disposable pre-vialed reagents, specifically developed by the research laboratories of CDR. The use of pre-vialed reagents and dedicated analytical procedures allows:

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Save your time

CDR WineLab® allow performing several analyses at the same time on the same sample or sixteen different assays for the same parameter on a batch of different samples.

Furthermore, CDR WineLab® Multitasking Mode allows to manage the determination of several analytical parameters at the same time, even on different wine samples.

For example, the Multitasking Mode enables to quickly determine the complete analytical profile of a wine. In a single testing session, in just 10 minutes, CDR WineLab® can determine:

• Acetic acid
• L-malic acid
• L-Lactic acid
• Sugars
• pH
• Total acidity
• Free SO2
• Total SO2
• Alcohol by volume

The Multitasking Mode allows the system to process one analysis and to start another one at the same time, with the possibility to go back to the first one at any moment.

Validation and Studies

CDR WineLab® validation by an important reference laboratory

The CDR WineLab® wine analysis system has been validated by the ISVEA reference laboratory. Comparative assays between the method exploited by the CDR WineLab® analyzer and the reference methods were carried out using sequences of samples made up of different types of wine in order to verify the reliability of the results obtained with the CDR WineLab® system.

Reference methods used for the validation:

• Glucose and fructose – HPLC method
• Malic acid – HPLC method
• Volatile Acidity – Titration after distillation method EEC regulation 2676/1990 17/09/1990 ECC OJ L272 03/10/1990, Exhibit point 14, OIV MA-F-AS313-02-ACIVOL 2006
• Total sulphur dioxide – Titration after distillation method EEC regulation 2676/1990 17/09/1990 EEC OJ L272 03/10/1990, Exhibit point 25 par 2.2

The reference institute concluded that the tested CDR WineLab® methods are to be considered substantially valid. In fact, the reference methods are statistically equivalent (95%) to CDR WineLab® methods.

CDR WineLab® for the correct management of alcoholic fermentation

In extreme climatic conditions, in addition to the usual analysis of sugar, total acidity, pH and acetic acid, yeast assimilable nitrogen and gluconic acid are the fundamental parameters available to the oenologist to better manage the fermentative process, an essential starting point to obtain a quality wine.

Download the article: VINIFICATION IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL WARMING

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How can these analyses affect alcoholic fermentation

Malolactic fermentation: chemical and biological aspects

Why is malolactic fermentation so important? How can the biological and organoleptic stability be enhanced? Which bacteria are responsible for malolactic fermentation? What conditions favour malolactic fermentation? Follow up on the chemical and biological aspects of malolactic fermentation.

Download the full text of the article “Malolactic fermentation – chemical and biological aspects” written by Dr. Simone Bellassai, CDR WineLab® specialist.

Features of Analytical Methods

Wine is analyzed as it is, while must just requires an easy and rapid preparation developed by CDR. Analytical procedures and dedicated pre-vialed reagents specifically developed by the research laboratories of CDR allow:

• making analytical procedures extremely fast and easy;
• not to get in touch with toxic or carcinogenic compounds;
• to avoid using extractor hoods;
• not to wash either containers or traditional glassware.

CDR WineLab® Reduces Waste Costs: the amount of chemical waste generated is only a fraction of the waste generated by standard methods.

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