If you're an oenophile and you're looking for a job in the near future, you might want to read Corinne Marasco's piece in today's Chemical & Engineering News. As long as you have "strong analytical skills, a good understanding of organic chemistry, and an interest in wine," there might be a job for you in the wine industry.

Lund & Bohlmann wrote a perspective in Science earlier this year, in which they argued that the "art [of making wine] is increasingly guided by science for many wine producers, and this trend will continue with a growing contribution from molecular-based technologies and knowledge." So it might be a good time to (go back to school and) get a graduate degree in Viticulture and Enology.

If you're attending the fall ACS meeting and you want to learn more about the field, you might want to swing by the "Chemistry of Wine" session. Hopefully the speakers will bring along a few bottles for the audience to taste-test...

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Joshua Finkelstein (Associate Editor, Nature)