The Department of Viticulture and Enology Instrumentation Lab is equipped with the latest technology for wine and grape chemical analysis.  Below is a list of instruments and applications.

Agilent 5890 GC/FID with liquid autosampler (1984)

• ChemStation software
• Dedicated to ethanol analysis.
• Ethanol measurement in wine and fermentation samples.

Agilent 6890 GC/5973 MSD/ODP  with Gerstel MPS2 autosampler (2001)

• ChemStation software
• SPME headspace and liquid injection
• Simultaneous MS and Olfactory detection capability
• Wine volatile aroma compounds
• Fusel oils in wine

Agilent 6890/5975 GC/MS with Gerstel MPS2 autosampler (2009)

• ChemStation and Maestro software
• SPME headspace and liquid injection
• Simultaneous Scan and SIM data collection capability
• Wine, juice and beer volatile aroma compounds

Agilent 7890/8655 GC/SCD with PAL3 autosampler (2016)

• OpenLAB CDS ChemStation software
• SPME headspace and liquid injection
• Volatile sulfur compounds in wine

Agilent 1100 HPLC with Diode Array and Refractive Index detectors (1998)

• ChemStation software
• DNPH aldehydes in wine
• Mono- and disaccharides, ethanol  and organic acids in fermentation samples and in wine

Agilent 1100 HPLC with Diode Array and Fluorescence detectors (2003)

• ChemStation software
• Phenolic compounds in wine

Agilent 1100 Prep HPLC with Fraction Collector and Diode Array detector (2003)

• ChemStation software
• Compound and polymer purification

Agilent 1100 HPLC with Diode Array detector and 6460 Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (1999 and 2017)

• MassHunter software
• Electrospray Ionization source
• Phenolic compounds in wine

Agilent Cary 100 UV/VIS Spectrophotometer (2016)

• Cary WinUV software
• 0.1 mm flow cell
• Wine color profile

Beckman Coulter PA 800 Capillary Electrophoresis System (2003)

• 32 Karat software
• Organic acids in wine and grapes

Varian 220 SpectrAA Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectrometer (2000)

• SpectrAA software
• Potassium, Copper and Iron in wine.

VirTis BenchTop Pro Freeze Dryer (2013)

• Condenser temperature -105 °C
• Plant material and wine, grape and root extracts.