Wine Sensory

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Wine Sensory Services

FlavorActiV is committed to promoting good sensory practices across the whole beverage industry. A team of expert taster trainers, supported by consultant beverage experts, are combining their years of insider experience with advanced human calibration tools, tailored sensory programmes and instruments to give unparalleled sensory support.

FlavorActiV have a history of working alongside the industry’s leading organisations, establishing and maintaining good sensory practices globally. Moving forward, FlavorActiV continues to build on its goal of establishing an industry-wide global wine flavour language, supported initally by FlavorActiV’s GMP flavour standards to train tasters to recognise defects and positives in Wine, and progressing to measure and maintain tasters skills and education level through advanced proprietary calibration tools and software.

If you have any questions about wine sensory management, please contact wine@flavoractiv.com.

FlavorActiV GMP Flavour Reference Standards

FlavorActiV’s pharmaceutical grade, GMP Flavour Standards are safe to smell, taste and drink, and can be used in almost any liquid to impart a real flavour, off-note, or taint. The spirit flavour standards were developed in FlavorActiV's dedicated pharmaceutical facility in the UK are sold individually in packs of 5 capsules, each capsule separately blister packed to provide flavour protection and prolonged shelf life. Production adheres to strict Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) pharmaceutical quality controls. FlavorActiV's dedicated GMP Flavour Centre is certified and regulated by the UK Government’s Medicine Regulatory & Healthcare Product Agency (MHRA) to a standard which far exceed ISO 9001, ISO 17025 or any food grade certification.

Each of the 34 flavours below has undergone evaluation by FlavorActiV's Sensory Systems team as well as the Wine industry directly prior to inclusion within FlavorActiV's latest Wine Flavour Lexicon and Library as important wine flavour reference standards.

Acetaldehyde
Bruised Apple, Sherry
Acetaldehyde		Buy Now ❱
Vinegar
Sour
Acetic		Buy Now ❱
Astringent
Dry, Puckery
Saponin		Buy Now ❱
Barnyard
Band Aid, Medicinal, Horses
4-Ethyl Phenol		Buy Now ❱
Ink
Electric Fire, Inky, Chemical
2-Bromophenol		Buy Now ❱
Butyric
Baby Vomit, Rancid, Cheese, Parmesan
Butyric Acid		Buy Now ❱
Catty
Blackcurrant, Tom Cat Urine
P-Menthane-8-Thiol-3-One		Buy Now ❱
Antiseptic / Chemical
Disinfectant, Mouthwash
2, 6-Dichlorophenol		Buy Now ❱
Buttery
Buttery, Butterscotch, Creamy, Toffee
Butane-2,3-dione		Buy Now ❱
Earthy
Wet Earth, Damp Soil
2-Ethyl Fenchol		Buy Now ❱
Nail Varnish
Solvent
Ethyl Acetate		Buy Now ❱
Tropical Fruits
Pineapple
Ethyl Butyrate		Buy Now ❱
Red Apple
Aniseed, Estery
Ethyl Hexanoate		Buy Now ❱
Floral
Rose Hips, Rose Water
Geraniol		Buy Now ❱
Freshly Cut Grass
Leafy, Hedge Trimmings
Cis-3-Hexanoate		Buy Now ❱
Rotten Eggs
Sulphury, Rotten
Hydrogen Sulphide		Buy Now ❱
Pigs
Farmyard
Indole		Buy Now ❱
Bananas
Fruity
Isoamyl Acetate		Buy Now ❱
Isovaleric
Sweaty
Isovaleric Acid		Buy Now ❱
Lightstruck
Skunk, Sunstruck
3-Methyl-2-Butene-1-Thiol		Buy Now ❱
Methanethiol
Rotten Vegetables, Butane Gas
Methyl Mercaptan		Buy Now ❱
Drains
Rotten Drains
Ethanethiol		Buy Now ❱
Metallic
Metal, Iron Rust, Blook-like
Ferrous Sulphate		Buy Now ❱
Mousy
Caged Mice, Cracker Biscuits
2-Acetyletrahydropyridine		Buy Now ❱
Cork / Musty
Damp Cellar, Cork Taint
2,4,6 Trichloroanisole		Buy Now ❱
Plastic
Polystyrene, Melting Plastic
4-Vinyl Guaiacol		Product Details ❱
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Phenolic
Herbal
4-Vinyl Guiacol		Buy Now ❱
Rotten Vegetables
Boiled Cabbage
Dimethyl Disulphide (DMDS)		Buy Now ❱
Smoky
Smoked Meat, Kippers
Guiacol		Buy Now ❱
Spicy
All Spice, Clove Oil
Eugenol		Buy Now ❱
Sulphitic
Struck Match, Choking
Sulphur Dioxide		Buy Now ❱
Sweetcorn
Creamed Corn, Tomato Sauce
Dimethyl Sulphide (DMS)		Buy Now ❱
Bell Pepper
Earthy
2-Isobutyl-3-Methoxypryazine		Buy Now ❱
Dry Earty
Beetroot, Earthy, Peaty
Geosmin		Buy Now ❱

Wine Sensory Plan

1 › Train
Train using FlavorActiV's GMP Wine Flavour Standards & Kits. Our multi-lingual team provide training in over 15 languages.
2 › Calibrate
Receive regular wine proficiency kits to test your abilities. Input data into our proprietary software to benchmark your results globally.
3 › Maintain
FlavorActiV advanced training sessions and industry specific workshops will see your sensory knowledge continually grow across the range of flavour reference standards.
4 › Improve
Continual optimisation and analysis of support and package coupled with supply of GMP Flavour Standards.

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