PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - C. A. Sims AU - J. R. Morris TI - Effects of Acetaldehyde and Tannins on the Color and Chemical Age of Red Muscadine (<em>Vitis rotundifolia</em>) Wine AID - 10.5344/ajev.1986.37.2.163 DP - 1986 Jan 01 TA - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture PG - 163--165 VI - 37 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/37/2/163.short 4100 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/37/2/163.full SO - Am J Enol Vitic.1986 Jan 01; 37 AB - A red muscadine wine treated with 300 or 600 mg/L acetaldehyde had less browning, greater color intensity, and greater chemical age (levels of anthocyanin-tannin polymerization) than an untreated wine. Tannic acid had no major effect on browning or chemical age, but increased color intensity as compared to the control. A commercial "tannin" increased browning slightly, but did not affect color intensity or chemical age.