TY - JOUR T1 - The Dipping Effect Causing Increased Drying of Grapes Demonstrated with an Artificial Cuticle JF - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO - Am J Enol Vitic. SP - 27 LP - 29 DO - 10.5344/ajev.1968.19.1.27 VL - 19 IS - 1 AU - M. Grncarevic AU - F. Radler AU - J. V. Possingham Y1 - 1968/01/01 UR - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/19/1/27.abstract N2 - The dipping effect, which is the increased evaporation of water through a grape cuticle after immersion in dipping solution and its reversal by washing, has been demonstrated with an artificial system. The model cuticle was prepared by coating with grape wax a plastic film similar in water permeability to the cutin membrane of the grape. The addition of fatty acids and their esters to this nonliving, artificial, wax-covered membrane system increased evaporation and established that the dipping effect is not restricted to natural grape cuticles. ER -