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Tom Mansell
Science Editor
Tom Mansell is the Science Editor here at Palate Press and a member of the Editorial Board. He has a PhD in chemical engineering from Cornell University, where he also learned to love the wines of the Finger Lakes. He is also the Science Editor for The New York Cork Report. Tom is currently living in Boulder, CO, where he is a researcher at the University of Colorado. Follow him on Twitter @mrmansell.

Wine Science – a Video

Tom Mansell
Features
1 min read
Tom Mansell, Ph.D., Palate Press' Science Editor, offers a four-part lecture in the science of wine. He discusses yeast, esters, flaws, and even how to fix some flaws. Tom is an entertaining and informative speaker. We hope you enjoy Wine Science Part I, with Tom Mansell. d d d Wine

2012 Redux: Embracing the Chaos, The Science of Sour Beers

Tom Mansell
Features
1 min read
Palate Press has selected our top ten stories from 2012 and will publish a 2012 Redux article each weekday until January 4, 2013. These stories highlight our featured columnists, widely recognized contributors, and most popular works published through the year. The Palate Press editorial board hopes you enjoy these highlights as we look

Embracing the Chaos: The Science of Sour Beers

Tom Mansell
Features
10 min read
Sour beers, with their bright acidity and vinous, funky qualities, start to bridge the gap between beer and wine. It took a trip to the Great American Beer Festival and several brewery visits (just to be sure…) for me to get a grasp on the movement that presents beer, tarted

Palate Press Columnists Win at 2012 Roederer Awards

Tom Mansell
Feature Stories
6 min read
Palate Press was well-represented among the winners at this year's Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards.  Columnist Erika Szymanski was awarded the Emerging Wine Writer of the Year award and columnist Evan Dawson won the International Wine Book of the Year award for his book, Summer in a Glass: The

Red Carpet Cocktails

Tom Mansell
Feature Stories
4 min read
‘Tis the season for Oscar parties. If you really want to impress your friends during this Sunday’s festivities, don your tux or gown, get behind the bar, and whip up some of these cocktails inspired by some of the nominees. The George Clooney 3 oz. Hendrick’s gin Juice of ½

Scientific Misconduct Muddies Waters of Red Wine Research

Tom Mansell
Features
5 min read
An investigation performed by the University of Connecticut has concluded that reseacher Dr. Dipak Das falsified data in 26 scientific publications, some of which were studies involving the controversial wine component resveratrol.  Da s is the head of a research lab in the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of

Wine and Chocolate Taken to an Entirely New Level

Tom Mansell
Features
5 min read
Red wine and chocolate. It’s one of those “classic pairings.”  Personally, I’ve never really found the pairing all that appealing, but I have seen many instances of people going nuts for chocolate served with a sweet red wine in a tasting room.  Maybe it’s because they enjoy the supposed health

Colorado Wine Industry Aims High

Tom Mansell
Features
7 min read
From the Denver/Boulder area, the Grand Valley AVA of Colorado is past the Continental Divide on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The trip westward on Interstate 70, which winds through canyons that the word "picturesque" struggles to describe,-read more-