## 3 Experimental Section
### Wine Samples
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**Code** & **Vintage** & **Region a** & **GDD b** & **Points** & **Quality Category c** & **EtOH (v/v \%)** & **Closure** & **Retail Price** & **Expert Ratings** \\ \hline W1 & 2008 & G & 5621 & 82 & low & 14.3 & synthetic & \$26.95 & 49 \\ W2 & 2009 & B & 3606 & 89 & medium & 14.9 & natural & \$39.00 & 70 \\ W3 & 2009 & I & 4015 & 95 & high & 14.4 & natural & \$21.00 & 73 \\ W4 & 2008 & G & 5621 & 90 & medium & 14.7 & natural & \$34.00 & 65 \\ W5 & 2006 & H & 3612 & 83 & low & 13.9 & natural & \$15.00 & 51 \\ W6 & 2009 & C & 3649 & 90 & medium & 14.5 & natural & \$55.00 & 97 \\ W7 & 2010 & H & 3612 & 86 & medium & 14.6 & natural & \$25.00 & 95 \\ W8 & 2008 & C & 3649 & 98 & high & 14.8 & natural & \$47.00 & 101 \\ W9 & 2009 & D & 3786 & 94 & high & 14.5 & natural & \$25.00 & 94 \\ W10 & 2009 & A & 3380 & 94 & high & 13.5 & natural & \$9.99 & 100 \\ W11 & 2007 & A & 3380 & 82 & low & 14.2 & natural & \$38.00 & 68 \\ W12 & 2009 & F & 3645 & 89 & medium & 13.5 & screw cap & \$15.00 & 88 \\ W13 & 2007 & D & 3786 & 88 & medium & 14.8 & natural & \$34.00 & 66 \\ W14 & 2008 & B & 3606 & 84 & low & 14.1 & natural & \$45.00 & 65 \\ W15 & 2009 & I & 4015 & 89 & medium & 14.9 & natural & \$24.99 & 65 \\ W16 & 2011 & E & 2919 & 82 & low & 13.5 & synthetic & \$10.00 & 77 \\ W17 & 2009 & F & 3645 & 95 & high & 14.7 & natural & \$19.99 & 93 \\ W18 & 2007 & G & 5621 & 98 & high & 14.5 & natural & \$70.00 & 66 \\ W19 & 2010 & F & 3645 & 87 & medium & 13.5 & screw cap & \$22.00 & 80 \\ W20 & 2010 & B & 3606 & 94 & high & 14.5 & natural & \$19.99 & 91 \\ W21 & 2007 & H & 3612 & 83 & low & 13.7 & natural & \$29.00 & 95 \\ W22 & 2010 & F & 3645 & 83 & low & 13.8 & natural & \$13.00 & 81 \\ W23 & 2010 & E & 2919 & 89 & medium & 14.5 & natural & \$14.00 & 82 \\ W24 & 2009 & A & 3380 & 88 & medium & 14.4 & natural & \$28.00 & 80 \\ W25 & 2008 & D & 3786 & 82 & low & 14.7 & natural & \$32.00 & 59 \\ W26 & 2009 & C & 3649 & 83 & low & 14.6 & natural & \$59.00 & 66 \\ W27 & 2001 & H & 3612 & 92 & medium & 13.5 & natural & \$45.00 & 51 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} a
[FOOTNOTE:a]Footnote a: regions as defined in the California State Fair Wine Competition: A—North Coast; B—Sonoma County, C—Napa County, D—Greater Bay Area, E—North Central Coast, F—South Central Coast, G—South Coast, H—Sierra Foothills, I—Lodi/Woodbridge Grape Commission. b  
growing degree days as defined as “... a day on which the mean daily temperature is one degree above the base temperature-minimum temperature required for growth of a particular crop.” For grape, the base temperature is 50 \({}^{\circ}\)F/10 \({}^{\circ}\)C; data is given for the annual average and was extracted from the Western Regional Climate Center [63] for selected weather stations in each wine region (Lakexport for region A, Sonoma for region B, St. Helena for region C, Livermore for region D, Carmel Valley for region E, Paso Robles for region F, Hemet for region G, Placerville for region H, Lodi for region I). c  
quality categories were assigned by the authors based on the medals awarded in the wine competition. Wines were assigned to the low quality category when they did not receive any medals (\(<\)85 points), wines with bronze or silver medals were assigned to the medium quality category (85–93 points), and wines with either a gold or double gold medal were assigned to the high quality category (\(>\)94 points).[ENDFOOTNOTE]  
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Table 6: Information about the 27 wines included in this study, including the various quality indicators—points awarded during the wine competition, assigned quality category, region, vintage, retail price, and wine expert ratings determined in this study.