Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture
The aim of the study is twofold, to generate a sensory profile of Swedish wine today and to investigate the opinion of both wine producers and wine experts on viticulture in Sweden and wine from grapes grown in Sweden, achieved through a contextual analysis comprising a literature study and intervie...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A2E |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/6899/ |
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| author | Lindén, Julia |
| author_browse | Lindén, Julia |
| author_facet | Lindén, Julia |
| author_sort | Lindén, Julia |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | The aim of the study is twofold, to generate a sensory profile of Swedish wine today and to investigate the opinion of both wine producers and wine experts on viticulture in Sweden and wine from grapes grown in Sweden, achieved through a contextual analysis comprising a literature study and interviews with wine producers in Sweden and Denmark and wine experts from Sweden and Germany, and a sensory analysis at the company Ipsos. ‘Mixed methods’ was the chosen research strategy as the semi-structured interviews gave qualitative results and the sensory analysis would give quantitative results displayed as spider charts.
There is a lack of studies investigating how the Swedish wine is perceived by consumers and consumers might be unaware that the Swedish wine, established through ‘trial and error’, is increasing in quality every season, creating a need to display the sensory profile of Swedish wine to strengthening the perception of Swedish white wine.
This study shows that the Swedish white wine today is a wine with a fresh, citrusy and flowery aroma and a fresh, citrusy and green apple taste, however, a sensory analysis cannot show if the attributes are those that are desired by the customer, a consumer test is necessary to conclude that. Trends point towards locally produced products, one reason why Swedish wine has great potential, yet the future needs to be secured through job opportunities and education. Creating an approval system for Swedish wine is suggested as a future improvement, it is a common procedure in most wine regions. It is a good opportunity for Swedish wine producers as the wine sold at Systembolaget does not go through blind tests. Microclimate is of great importance for locations of vineyards in Sweden and GDD (growing degree days) gives a more fair result for sites in Sweden than LTI (latitude temperature index). |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2014 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU68992015-10-21T14:28:05Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/6899/ Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture Lindén, Julia Agricultural research Technology The aim of the study is twofold, to generate a sensory profile of Swedish wine today and to investigate the opinion of both wine producers and wine experts on viticulture in Sweden and wine from grapes grown in Sweden, achieved through a contextual analysis comprising a literature study and interviews with wine producers in Sweden and Denmark and wine experts from Sweden and Germany, and a sensory analysis at the company Ipsos. ‘Mixed methods’ was the chosen research strategy as the semi-structured interviews gave qualitative results and the sensory analysis would give quantitative results displayed as spider charts. There is a lack of studies investigating how the Swedish wine is perceived by consumers and consumers might be unaware that the Swedish wine, established through ‘trial and error’, is increasing in quality every season, creating a need to display the sensory profile of Swedish wine to strengthening the perception of Swedish white wine. This study shows that the Swedish white wine today is a wine with a fresh, citrusy and flowery aroma and a fresh, citrusy and green apple taste, however, a sensory analysis cannot show if the attributes are those that are desired by the customer, a consumer test is necessary to conclude that. Trends point towards locally produced products, one reason why Swedish wine has great potential, yet the future needs to be secured through job opportunities and education. Creating an approval system for Swedish wine is suggested as a future improvement, it is a common procedure in most wine regions. It is a good opportunity for Swedish wine producers as the wine sold at Systembolaget does not go through blind tests. Microclimate is of great importance for locations of vineyards in Sweden and GDD (growing degree days) gives a more fair result for sites in Sweden than LTI (latitude temperature index). Syftet med studien är tvåfaldig, att framställa en sensorisk profil av dagen svenska vita viner och att undersöka åsikter om svensk vinodling och vin från svenska druvor hos både vinproducenter och vinexperter, genom en omvärldsanalys med litteraturstudie och intervjuer med vinproducenter i Sverige och Danmark och vinexperter från Sverige och Tyskland samt en sensorisk analys genomförd av företaget Ipsos. Metodkombination valdes som forskningsstrategi då de semistrukturerade intervjuerna skulle ge kvalitativa resultat och den sensoriska analysen skulle ge kvantitativa resultat i form av spindel diagram. Det är brist på studier som undersöker hur det svenska vinet upplevs av konsumenter och konsumenter kanske är ovetandes om att kvaliteten hos det svenska vinet, som har skapats genom ’trial and error’, blir bättre och bättre för varje säsong, vilket skapar ett behov av att visa den sensoriska profilen av svenskt vin för att kunna stärka uppfattningen av svenskt vin. Studien visar att dagens svenska vita vin är ett vin med en frisk, citrus och blommig doft och en frisk, citrus och gröna äpple smak. Men den sensoriska analysen kan inte visa om de attributen är de som är önskade av en konsument, det krävs ett konsumenttest för att kunna visa det. Det finns stor potential för svenskt vin, inte minst på grund av trenden med lokalt producerade produkter, men framtiden måste då säkras genom att skapa jobbmöjligheter och utbildning. En framtida förbättring av den svenska vinsektorn vore att skapa ett system som godkänner vinerna, en vanlig procedur i många vinländer. Det är ett bra tillfälle för svenska vinproducenter eftersom det svenska vinet som säljs på Systembolaget inte genomgår blindtester. Mikroklimatet är en viktig aspekt för att etablera en vinodling i Sverige och GDD (growing degree days) ger mer rättvisa resultat för platser i Sverige än LTI (latitude temperature index). 2014-09-24 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/6899/11/linden_j_140924.pdf Lindén, Julia, 2014. Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture. Second cycle, A2E. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/4818.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-3869 eng |
| spellingShingle | Agricultural research Technology Lindén, Julia Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture |
| title | Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture |
| title_full | Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture |
| title_fullStr | Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture |
| title_short | Sensory profiling of Swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of Swedish viticulture |
| title_sort | sensory profiling of swedish white wines and a contextual analysis of swedish viticulture |
| topic | Agricultural research Technology |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/6899/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/6899/ |