About the Authors

Nicholas A. Bokulich

Affiliations Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

C. M. Lucy Joseph

Affiliation Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Greg Allen

Affiliation Dolce Winery, Oakville, California, United States of America

Andrew K. Benson

Affiliation Department of Food Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

David A. Mills

damills@ucdavis.edu.

Affiliations Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

NAB was supported by a scholarship from a commercial source (Wine Spectator). This scholarship was awarded by a third-party source (University of California Davis, Department of Viticulture and Enology). GA is employed by the Dolce Winery, Oakville. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAM NAB. Performed the experiments: NAB AKB CMLJ GA. Analyzed the data: NAB DAM CMLJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAM AKB CMLJ GA. Wrote the paper: NAB DAM AKB.