Minorsens: a research and innovative nature
MINORSENS uses innovative techniques based on artificial intelligence in the development of an electronic nose and a bioelectronic tongue to characterize musts and wines in an objective and comprehensive way.
The deep-rooted wine tradition in the cross-border area endures and gains competitiveness thanks to technology. The fast and sensitive methods based on electronic olfactory and gustatory systems have been specifically designed to analyze wines and musts made from minority grape varieties. These systems consist of a network of sensors connected to pattern recognition software.
The electronic nose and bioelectronic tongue
The data obtained through the electronic nose and the bioelectronic tongue are combined to create a system that simultaneously evaluates the olfactory and gustatory phases of the selected musts and wines.
Electronic nose
The system to analyse the wines olfactory phase consists of a network of resistive sensors based on metal oxides along with hardware that collects samples of musts and wines and pattern recognition software.
Bioelectronic tongue
This system uses advanced tools and methodologies at the interface between nanoscience and biology. The sensors are able to detect compounds of interest such as sugars, phenols, polyphenols, or organic acids with high specificity and selectivity. The bioelectronic tongue is based on a network of electrochemical nano/biosensors along with pattern recognition software that allows wines and musts to be classified according to their chemical and organoleptic characteristics.
