Trace element analysis of Cretan wines and wine productsTrace element analysis of Cretan wines and wine products Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-10-092002enThe object of this research is to investigate the ways and the degree of contamination of Cretan grapes from the area of Chania and their alcoholic products, with the elements aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, copper, chromium, iron, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc. Fifteen samples of grapes were collected and used for the production of experimental wines from rinsed and unrinsed grapes. A microwave furnace was used for the digestion and dissolution of the experimental wines, the precipitates that originated in these wines, as well as the wines of the corresponding producers. The analyses of all mentioned samples as well as 34 local alcoholic distillates were performed using total reflection X-ray fluorescence and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. The concentrations for all the elements that were determined were almost in all cases, well below the maximum permissible levels by the Greek and the European Union legislationΔημοσίευση σε επιστημονικό περιοδικό http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Science of the Total Environment2851-3155–163 Nikolakaki Smaragdi Νικολακακη Σμαραγδη Kallithrakas-Kontos Nikolaos Καλλιθρακας-Κοντος Νικολαος Katsanos Anastasios Κατσανος Αναστασιος Elsevier Wine analysis Heavy metals Atomic absorption spectrometry Total reflection X-ray fluorescence Crete (Greece)