Music can influence our sense of taste

WineA study on music, wine and taste

A field study conducted by the Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, indicates that listening to music can affect the way wine tastes. The research showed that when a powerful, heavy piece of music is heard, a wine such as Cabernet Sauvignon is perceived as being 60 per cent more powerful, rich and robust than when no music is heard.

Prof Adrian North added: “It is widely acknowledged within the scientific community that music affects behaviour, however this is the first time it has been scientifically proven that music can affect perception in other senses and change the way wine tastes.

Read more here:

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7400109.stm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566314/The-music-makes-glass-wine-taste-better.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1952381/Why-wine-tastes-better-with-music.html

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