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Price and predjudice

POSTED
Jan, 2008
22
Joe Power

Joe Power




I have been trying to avoid this topic, hoping it would go away, but it just won’t.

Recently there have been a spate of articles claiming that the price of a wine has an effect on the drinker’s perception of how good it is. Reading the research study findings does not exactly bear out this conclusion, but almost every article that I have seen, and there have been many of them over the past week, makes the leap.

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Last night I got lucky by pairing a delicious and unusual port that I had never before tasted with a chocolate mousse to great effect. The recipe for the mousse will follow, but first some information about the port. The wine was a Petit Syrah port from Imagery Winery in Sonoma.

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It seems that wine sales are up again this year, and especially so among younger adults. This is especially striking given these numbers from this article:
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If you are a fan of Sonoma wines, like I am, this is a very nice write-up of a recent tasting held in Napa. Some of these sound spectacular, especially at the listed prices.

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Let me preface these comments by saying that I love wine clubs. I am such a fan of my favorite one that I link to their site in my sidebar, and seem to mention them in about every 3rd post. I have discovered many excellent wines through wine clubs. However, there is an uncontrollable downside [...]

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