Wine Tasting: Instrument can sniff out vinegar in sealed wine

It’s an unpleasant surprise when newly opened wine tastes like vinegar. It’s particularly distasteful if you spent thousands of dollars on it.

WINE AWAITS. A wine bottle ready for NMR analysis. Augustine

Now, chemist Matthew Augustine of the University of California, Davis claims he can tell buyers or sellers of wine when a bottle’s gone to vinegar.