*DEEP BREATHS EVERYONE*
Scientists have created hangover-free wine. Yes, it’s real and yes, we’re almost too excited to type.
No longer does a Friday night tipple mean Saturday morning horrors, after researchers at the University of Illinois engineered a new type of yeast that can now alter its genetic material – changing the way it reproduces.
Which in turn could lead to a healthier form of wine that won’t leave you clutching your head…
According to the findings, this new discovery means scientists can now play with different properties including taste, strength and even how wine affects your hangover.
Speaking about the results, lead researcher Yong-Su Jin said:
“Say we have a yeast that produces a wine with great flavour and we want to know why. We delete one gene, then another, until the distinctive flavour is gone, and we know we’ve isolated the gene responsible for that characteristic.”
The results, published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, also examined how changing the properties of yeast can create an enzyme to help a process called maloactic fermentation – a process that makes wine smooth.
So what affect does this process have on wine?
Well when maloactic fermentation doesn’t go as planned, it creates byproducts that leave you with a bad headache the next day.
If they can perfect the process, then your glass of wine could actually be deemed healthy for you.
Yes, we’ll take that top-up. For the good of our health.
