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The invention relates to a system that can be used in real time and continuously to analyse wine in containers without having to take samples, which is based on the electronic nose concept. The inventive system comprises: an array of gas sensors which are not specific to any chemical compound, but which are sensitive to wine aromas; a system for extracting aromas from containers or barrels containing wine; an instrumentation system for measuring the different system variables and the responses from the sensors, as well as for controlling and automating the entire system; and pattern-recognition techniques. In addition, using a regression between the responses from the sensors and the data from other analysis techniques, the system can be used to make predictions of the response from said techniques for samples which are unknown but measured using the inventive system. The system is completely automatic and can be remotely monitored and controlled, for example, using the Internet. |
