Tasting samples - wine faults

Yes. The base product is a regular wine/whisky/sake. The added flavour compounds are food-grade. The flavour compounds are the same ones that occur naturally in wine/whisky/sake. They are present in a concentration you would also expect to find them in wine/whisky/sake.

Wine/sake kits: the samples can be kept at room temperature up to four weeks after the preparation date. When refrigerated, they can be kept slightly longer than four weeks.

Whisky kits: the samples can kept at room temperature up to three months after the preparation date.

The samples are best assessed at room temperature. Some flavours may be more difficult to pick up at cold temperatures.

We ship tasting samples across the European Union.

Wine: we use a neutral tasting wine. Examples of white wines are Veneto Pinot Grigio or unoaked Chardonnay. Examples of red wines are Chilean or Languedoc Merlot.

Whisky: we use a whisky with a neutral flavour profile. This is typically a Blended Scotch Whisky of 40% ABV.

Sake: a neutral Junmai sake.

The base products are subject to change.

The flavour compounds are sourced from commercial vendors, laboratories and research institutions. They are not sourced from commercial sniffing kits such as Le Nez du Vin.

Some of them are of natural origin, some of them are of synthetic origin. In practical terms, this is irrelevant. Their purity is so high that the natural version cannot be discriminated from its synthetic counterpart.