Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Wine Tasting

When I saw a headline saying "Wine tasting: it's junk science", it jumped out of a page and hit me. The Guardian has reported on some wine tastings in America (note NOT Canada) and cites numerous opinions about the tastes of wine. I have to say, it all seems very subjective to me. But then, wine tasting is. If you are interested, you can find the complete article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis

Probably the paragraph that I found to be the most interesting was regarding research done in Edinburgh in 2008 claiming different music went well with different wines! Apparently Jimi Hendrix goes well with a Cabernet Sauvignon and Kylie sits well with a Chardonnay - [wonder what else may have influenced the choice]. The BBC reported on the findings here: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7400109.stm and you will find some recommendations there as well.

So now when buying wine, we can ponder on what best suits the music we will be listening to and take account of the label! Are we really that susceptible?

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