MATURATION OF WINES AND SPIRITS - COMPARISONS, FACTS, AND HYPOTHESES

Dr. Singleton was selected by the Department of Viticulture and Enolog y of the University of California and the American Society for Enology and Viticulture to receive the 1994 Guymon Award. The James F. Guymon Lectureship was established in honor of Guymon's contributions to tea ching and research in the fields of brandy distillation and wine ferme ntation science. Dr. Singleton's research at the University of Califor nia since 1958 includes work on natural phenols, oxidation reactions, and the effects of aging on wine quality. The text of his address, pre sented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture Anaheim, California (June 1994), has been edited for p ublication.