Academic Consortium Publications for May 2023

This month, we are reading a publication by Byeon et al. (2023) to find out what is new about an old traditional Korean rice wine called Cheongju. Here is the study in numbers: 8 wines (4 Korean; 4 Japanese). Consumer acceptance responses from 2 demographic groups (80 under-30s; 86 over-30s). Quality assessments by 10 sommeliers. Quantitative descriptive analysis by 11 trained panelists and 93 volatile compounds detected instrumentally. Among the data analyses was partial least squares regression (PLSR) to explain consumer and sommelier responses based first on the sensory profiles and second on the instrumental measures. Would you be surprised to know that what consumers liked most was not what sommeliers considered to be a high-quality Cheongju? Both consumer groups tended to prefer popular, sweeter-tasting wines. The wines that sommeliers rated higher tended to have more alcohol-related characteristics and be lower in yeasty and medicinal aromas. Read below for more about this and other publications from the Compusense Academic Consortium which pairs nicely with Cheongju or the traditional beverage of your choice. 건배!