Wine sensory assessment

Sensory panelists taste testing wine

To discuss your needs

Detect the subtle; deliver the exceptional

Subtle flaws in aroma, taste, or appearance can go unnoticed without expert sensory assessment, yet they can compromise wine quality, consumer perception, and brand reputation. Many wineries struggle to detect these issues early, leading to inconsistent product and costly corrective actions.

Our expert sensory panel delivers a thorough and impartial evaluation of colour, aroma, flavour, and overall quality – guided by the renowned WSET systematic approach used for wines, beers, and spirits. Beyond just tasting, we assess commercial acceptability and expertly detect any taints or faults, helping you ensure your products consistently meet the highest standards. In addition, we can benchmark wines against reference wine styles and other wines in the marketplace.

Benefits of partnering with Campden Wine Services

  • Unbiased, systematic sensory assessments that ensure consistent wine quality and PDO/PGI suitability.
  • Expert evaluations provide benchmarking against industry standards, varietal profiles, and winemaking styles.
  • Helping you confidently position your wines in the market.

Ensure your wine meets the highest standards - using expert, unbiased sensory assessments to detect subtle flaws, benchmark quality, and confidently position your wines in the market.

Key services

Scientist smelling wine in laboratory

Wine analysis and consultancy

From grape to glass: Trusted science for exceptional wine quality

Scientist performing analytical work in laboratory

Accelerated shelf-life testing for beverages

Predict beverage shelf-life faster and launch products confidently

LCMS machine being loaded with samples in laboratory

Wine export analysis

Export your wine confidently with approved testing

Grapes on grapevine growing in field

Wine grape maturity and juice analysis

Take the guesswork out of grape harvest and fermentation

Scientist testing wine in laboratory

Pre-bottling and post-bottling analysis

Bottle with confidence: Protect wine quality from tank to table

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Wine product safety

Ensure every sip of wine is safe, compliant and enjoyable

Variety of wine bottles stacked on shelf

Wine regulatory compliance

Simplify compliance – confidently bring your wine to market

Sensory panelists taste testing wine

Wine sensory assessment

Detect the subtle; deliver the exceptional

Wine in volumetric flask in laboratory

Wine taints and faults

Detect. Correct. Perfect Your Wine

Sommelier wine tasting and taking notes

Wine troubleshooting

Optimise your wine from vineyard to bottle with expert guidance

Submit a sample

For guidance on how and where to send samples, please see our sample guidance page

Sample guidance

Wine and spirits

Explore our wine and spirits related courses including; HACCP – intermediate for winemakers and wine analysis and tutored faults tasting

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Where we refer to UKAS Accreditation

The Campden BRI group companies listed below are accredited in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope of methods, specific to each site, as detailed in the schedules of accreditation bearing the testing laboratory number. The schedules may be revised from time to time and reissued by UKAS. The most recent issue of the schedules are available from the UKAS website www.ukas.com. Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 1079

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