A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has investigated why the fruit fly Drosophila ...

Winemakers can practice more stylistic control over their product than previously thought, according to new research from Washington State University's Department of Viticulture and Enology (V&E).

Alcohol enhances the production of sex pheromones, which are chemical signals used by fruit flies to attract mates.

The Shangshan culture in ancient China's Lower Yangtze region is central to understanding the origins of rice domestication and early alcohol fermentation, according to the study published this ...

Fermentation is an anaerobic process ... to stop people from drinking it. Ethanol is the alcohol in beer, wine and spirits. It is also a fuel and a solvent.

Alcohol is central to human culture and biology ... people—if you don’t drink inordinate amounts. The process of fermentation itself is very mysterious: It’s bubbling away as carbon dioxide ...

Certain conditions can make malolactic fermentation difficult, such as cold cellars, high levels of alcohol, low pH, high sulfur, or high volatile acidity. When conditions are not ideal ...

If you think about it, fermentation is everywhere, we just don’t always think about it: bread, cheese and wine – the three miracles of Western cuisine and of Western culture – are fruits of ...