Using Headspace SPME-GCxGC-quadMS for the Characterization of Marsala Wine

The present contribution describes a research work focused on the elucidation of the composition of the headspace of Marsala wine. Samples were subjected to headspace solid-phase microextraction-comprehensive 2D GC analysis. At the outlet of the second GC dimension, the eluting analytes were split between a flame ionisation detector (for relative quantification purposes) and a rapid-scanning quadrupole mass spectrometer (for compound identification). The results attained open a door on the highly complex nature of the Marsala headspace.