Hard to believe, but the article says it works perfectly:

http://tinyurl.com/2g6zt


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> Hard to believe, but the article says it works perfectly:
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> http://tinyurl.com/2g6zt
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> Ken Blake
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I guess this means that the producers will have to be careful to
really use *some* grapes from the Champagne region. There have been
persuasive rumors that sometimes the grapes travel a long way.
Nonetheless, it still seems true that real French companies know how
to make the best sparkling wines. However, as a chemist I might be
tempted to find out what are the characteristic trace compounds even
if I have no intention of going into business to synthesize them (g).


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James V. Silverton
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James Silverton wrote:


> I guess this means that the producers will have to be careful to
> really use *some* grapes from the Champagne region. There have been
> persuasive rumors that sometimes the grapes travel a long way.
> Nonetheless, it still seems true that real French companies know how
> to make the best sparkling wines. However, as a chemist I might be
> tempted to find out what are the characteristic trace compounds even
> if I have no intention of going into business to synthesize them (g).

IIRC, the article mentioned metals, so that sounds like the sort of
synthesis even crystallographers can do ;-)

Ducking quickly to avoid thrown brickbats,
Mark Lipton, unrepentant organicker