?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F209%2F&rft.title=The+shelf+life+of+wine&rft.creator=Mercer%2C+Geoff&rft.creator=Wilkins%2C+Andy&rft.creator=Crook%2C+Jonathan&rft.creator=Barry%2C+Steve&rft.creator=Fowler%2C+Andrew&rft.subject=Food+and+Drink&rft.description=The+aim+of+this+project+was+to+investigate+and+develop+models+for+the+shelf+life+of+bottled+wine+and%2C+in+particular%2C+the+effects+of+elevated+temperatures+to+the+ageing+process.+The+problem+was+divided+into+three+sub-problems.+First%2C+calculations+were+made+to+describe+the+temperature+of+wine+in+a+single+bottle+when+subjected+to+an+elevated+external+temperature%2C+and+then+this+was+extended+to+pallets+of+cartons+of+wine.+Second%2C+equations+were+derived+for+the+gas+flow+through+the+cork+when+a+wine+bottle+is+subject+to+oscillatory+external+temperatures%2C+as+is+common+in+a+domestic+storage+situation.+Third%2C+the+temperature+dependent+reaction+rates+of+the+wine+ageing+process+were+considered+and+calculations+performed+on+how+elevated+decrease+shelf+life.+Suggestions+were+made+as+to+relatively+simple+experiments+that+can+be+performed+to+test+the+models+presented+here.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F209%2F1%2Fmisg2008provisor.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mercer%2C+Geoff+and+Wilkins%2C+Andy+and+Crook%2C+Jonathan+and+Barry%2C+Steve+and+Fowler%2C+Andrew++(2008)+The+shelf+life+of+wine.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++