‘Game-changing’ analysis instrument for sparkling wine from Foss

Foss has launched OenoFoss 2, an instrument that allows winemakers to analyse their wines at the touch of a button in just over a minute –including, for the first time, sparkling wine.

The new model provides a faster and easier-to-use solution than the original OenoFoss, which was launched in 2008, and according to Søren Thiis Heide, program director of wine & beer in Foss’s R&D department, with user experience that is more “intuitive ”

“The old OenoFoss is also a fantastic instrument, but it uses a method that’s more dependent on the user and the skills of the user, ” he explained “With the new device, the winemaker can focus on making wine and the machine will provide the data. It gives you a super performance every time without the need for a trained operator. It is also much easier to get started with it.”

The “game-changing gadget” can also cope with the complexities of sparkling wine as well as still wine and must, giving winemakers the information they need to make informed decisions on when to pick, control fermentation and when to bottle their wine, in just over a minute.

“It will be much easier for sparkling samples to be easily and rapidly analysed with the OenoFoss 2, so the cellar master can get on with the important business of making wine,” he said.

Previously, in order to test sparkling samples or must under fermentation, winemakers would have to de-gas the sample However Heide said this is the first instrument in its field to allows testing without de-gassing.

It also includes a sucrose measurement that can be used when making a dosage in traditional method sparkling wine and self-cleans between tests

The winemaker takes a sample of wine or must, places it under the pipette and presses play, with results for the pre-set parameters – up to 34 different parameters, from ethanol, glucose and fructose to volatile acidity can be applied – appearing on screen in just over a minute.

Users have the flexibility to start with just a small selection of parameters and then add more as required in line with the demands of the winery.

More info at www.fossanalytics.com