“…Two types of fibres (PA and DVB-CAR-PDMS), among those used most routinely for assaying wine volatiles, were also tested taking account of the physico-chemical characteristics of the target compounds under consideration. In agreement with published results, PA fibre showed an effective extraction for polar compounds such as alcohols of low molecular weight (Begala, Corda, Podda, Fedrigo, & Traldi, 2002;Martí et al, 2003;Rocha, Ramalheira, Barros, Delgadillo, & Coimbra, 2001;Vaz Freire, Costa Freitas, & Relva, 2001), higher alcohols, fatty acids (Perestrelo et al, 2008) and terpenes (De la Calle García et al, 1997;Rocha et al, 2001;Vaz Freire et al, 2001); on the other hand, previous works confirmed that DVB-CAR-PDMS is a versatile fibre, as it is highly sensitive for different chemical classes of analytes (esters, fatty acids, alcohols) (Carrillo et al, 2006;Howard, Mike, & Riesen, 2005;Martí et al, 2003;Setkova, Risticevic, & Pawliszyn, 2007;Tat et al, 2005;Torrens et al, 2004). The effect of ionic strength -noaddition and addition of 30% of NaCl (saturated condition) -was considered in the experimental design.…”