RT Journal Article SR Electronic 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. FD American Society for Enology and Viticulture SP 27 OP 29 DO 10.5344/ajev.1968.19.1.27 VO 19 IS 1 A1 M. Grncarevic A1 F. Radler A1 J. V. Possingham YR 1968 UL http://www.ajevonline.org/content/19/1/27.abstract AB 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.