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W i n e s & V i n e s M AY 2 0 1 4 93 WineEast Diploma (or MW). Nineteen of 27 panelists were female; all panelists were between 25 and 55 years old; 14 panelists were between the ages of 31 and 40. No prede- termination of attributes was made to dis- criminate among wines, no advance training of panelists was conducted, and no specific information was provided about the wines or viticultural practices used to make them. Panelists were served wines in 30mL aliquots at room temperature in clear tulip- shaped (ISO) 220mL wine glasses. Wines made in 2009 from all three cluster-thinning treatments and non-thinned control wines were poured and presented simultaneously to panelists. Each glass was coded with a random identification number, and the order of wines presented was randomized among panelists. Panelists were asked to smell and taste each wine, expectorate between samples and use their own experience to record their impressions of three important sensory attributes that have been previously identified (Cliff et al. 2002) for evaluating late-harvest Riesling wines: the fruity or floral intensity of the aroma, the petrol or ProductioN costs aNd PriciNG ParaMeters Cluster thinning (CT) at the crop level low leaves one cluster remaining per shoot; medium leaves 1.5 clusters per shoot; high leaves two clusters per shoot. The control vines are not cluster thinned. Waterloo_Nov10.qxp 8/26/10 11:36 AM Page 1