Metabolism (biochemical metabolic process) refers to the absorption, transport and chemical conversion of substances in an organism, as well as the release of metabolic products into the environment. The resulting intermediate products are called metabolites, the entirety of the metabolic pathways is called metabolism. Fermentation and processes during bottle ageing are also metabolic processes.
Metabolomics is a method of analysis that can be used to determine these metabolic processes. It has recently also been used in the analytical testing of wines. This is because each wine has a very individual composition at the molecular level and has its own "chemical fingerprint". This was discovered at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam (Brandenburg).
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