A selective separation of alcoholic beverages and distilled wines by gas chromatography.

The MFE-Vinicol column (Análisis Vínicos; Spain) was developed for the analysis of alcoholic beverages. Fusel alcohols at low concentrations, including 2-propanol, methanol, ethyl acetate, and ethyl butyrate, are determined by a single temperature-programmed analysis using this column. This column has important advantages over the official columns recommended by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists and other official methods for this kind of analysis.