More on Science and Wine

Looks like the guys in white lab coats are at it again - this time using fancy-shmancy particle accelerators to accomplish the lofty task of accurately dating vintage wine. The story comes courtesy of Reuters (Paris), and talks briefly about how French scientists have utilized particle accelerators to test the age of wine bottles - not the wine itself. I guess this can't really put an end to those pesky counterfeiters who dumpster dive at fine dining establishments for rare bottles then fill and re-sell them for a small fortune, but hey, it's still kind of cool, right? All this talk about x rays and ion beams makes blogging about wine feel one step shy of the Sci-Fi channel, and it's good to mix things up every once in awhile.