RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Classification of Spanish Red Wines Using Artificial Neural Networks with Enological Parameters and Mineral Content JF American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO Am J Enol Vitic. FD American Society for Enology and Viticulture SP 167 OP 175 DO 10.5344/ajev.2017.17021 VO 69 IS 2 A1 Isabel M. Moreno A1 Angel J. Gutiérrez A1 Carmen Rubio A1 A. Gustavo González A1 Dailos Gonzalez-Weller A1 Naouel Bencharki A1 Arturo Hardisson A1 Consuelo Revert YR 2018 UL http://www.ajevonline.org/content/69/2/167.abstract AB Spanish red wines from the Canary Islands were categorized into seven classes: Tacoronte-Acentejo (class T), Valle de la Orotava (class O), Ycoden-Daute-Isora (class YDI), Abona (class A), Valle de Güímar (class VG), La Gomera (class G), and La Palma (class P), and 20 samples were studied from each denomination of origin. Metal concentrations (B, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Na, Pb, and Zn) and physicochemical parameters (pH, volatile acidity, total acidity, malic acid, acetic acid, reducing sugars, alcohol content, free sulfur dioxide, total sulfur dioxide, and total polyphenols) were used as descriptors to differentiate among classes. Supervised learning pattern recognition procedures were applied. Linear discriminant analysis allowed up to ~80% of correct classification. To improve discriminatory accuracy, another kind of algorithm that can model nonlinear separation among classes was considered: artificial neural networks. This method obtained excellent results, with 100% of the 140 wines correctly placed into the associated seven classes. Our results are in good agreement with the working hypothesis of differentiation among wines coming from different locations, including both different islands and different sites on Tenerife Island.