Wine Analysis: Quality Control from Grape to Glass
Analytical solutions for commercial testing laboratories and wineries of all sizes.
Great winemaking starts with a commitment to quality. At its core, it’s about crafting wine at the molecular level—measuring and managing the components that shape flavour, fermentation and shelf life. The ability to track wine spoilers in juice or wine helps ensure your product is consistent, compliant and ready for market.
Neogen®’s Megazyme range gives wineries and labs access to the tools needed for in-house analysis—without the overhead of external testing. Whether you’re running a small boutique or a large-scale lab, our kits help you monitor key wine components throughout the entire vinification process.
Each kit is affordable, easy to use, and validated by international standards.
What Can You Measure?
Clarity on every key component
Use Megazyme assay kits to test for critical wine analytes that influence flavour, fermentation, spoilage risk, and compliance:
- Reducing sugars (glucose/fructose, with or without sucrose) – track fermentation potential
- Acetic acid – spoilage indicator from grapes or barrels
- Malic acid – monitor malolactic fermentation
- Sulfite – check preservative levels and labelling compliance
- YAN (Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen) – critical for yeast health and fermentation
- Ethanol and volatile acidity – monitor balance, flavour, and meet regulatory standards
Let us know what you’re testing—we’ll point you in the right direction.
Applications Across Wine Production
Neogen®’s Megazyme has developed assay kits for a wide range of components and substances found in beverage and food, including analytes that are of particular interest to the wine industry. The graphic below shows the major analytes that should be measured at key points during the vinification process.
Megazyme kits are often supplied as “ready to use” liquid stable formulations, suitable for both manual and auto-analyzer formats. The reagents are provided in a liquid state, already prepared and formulated for stability, and they don’t require reconstitution or further preparation before use. Reach out to us if you have any questions about the kits.
Bring Testing In-House with the MegaQuant™ Wave Starter Pack
Megazyme’s ready-to-use wine lab solution is ideal for wineries wanting reliable, in-house analysis with minimal setup.
The MegaQuant™ Wave Starter Pack provides everything you need for reliable, in-house wine testing with minimal setup. It includes the MegaQuant™ Wave Spectrophotometer, pipettes, sample tubes, volumetric flasks, timer, PVPP tablets, and filtration tools. Designed for wineries processing small batches or seasonal runs, it requires no specialist training.
The MegaQuant™ Wave Spectrophotometer is a compact, standalone unit featuring built-in software with step-by-step instructions, automated results calculations. It also doubles as a full spectrophotometer for other lab needs.
Why it pays off
Faster decisions: Get test results on the spot without waiting for external lab turnaround.
Lower costs: Up to 88% cheaper per test than outsourcing (in terms of cost per test)
Rapid Turnaround: Our wine assay kits produce a result in as little as 3 minutes, allowing you to respond to the results in real time – unlike the 2-3 day wait for results from a laboratory.
Trusted methods: Our assays are recognised by global standards bodies for accuracy and reliability.
Method Validation and Accreditation: Proven in Research and Industry
Many Megazyme methods are recognised as official standards by AOAC, OIV and other regulatory bodies. Backed by rigorous multi-lab validation, they’re trusted across the wine industry for consistency and accuracy. Contact us for datasheets and details on specific accreditations.
Beverage Industry Standards
Other National and International Standards
Why choose Megazyme
Research drives everything we do. Megazyme kits are developed and manufactured in-house, ensuring high-purity enzymes, long shelf life, and exceptional performance. Our innovations simplify testing workflows and improve industry-standard methods.
Plus, we provide dedicated technical support to help you get the most from your assays.
For over 30 years, Megazyme has offered solutions to the food quality market with a range of high-quality analytical reagents. The Megazyme products and methods set new standards in accuracy, reliability and convenience for customers around the world. But you might not know that Megazyme is now part of Neogen, the first name in food safety and global food security. As a leader in dietary fiber analysis, we now offer you more solutions, more access, and more support at every step of the food chain, in every corner of the world.
Ready to Get Started?
Talk to us about your needs, and we’ll help you find the right Megazyme kits and equipment.
