Which day is best for wine?
It is quite clear for many people that as wine is a social drink, it might actually taste better if enjoyed in the right situation or company. Here I will just introduce two concepts, one older one, which is closely related to Biodynamics, and the second one based on a more recent study.
1) Some researchers have gone further however, to say that lunar cycles affect the taste:
Here is one of these calendars on which this idea is based. I have not yet tested this concept, but some of the large UK supermarket seem to trust it. All I can say is that the last bottle of exceptional wine which I had was actually on a “fruit” day.
The BBC have also made summary of this.
2) If this somehow seems going to far, a new German researcher provides an interesting addition to this. According to Dr Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel of Mainz University, Blue or Red would be the colours of a room that give the taster the best perseption of “I like this wine”, while green and white were less favourable colours. The same colours of red and blue were significantly better when asking about the “maximum buying price”.
Further Blue and Green light made the wine taste “fruitier” and “spicier”, even even though Blue made it more “bitter”, it was more favourable.
His technical study can be found on the researcher’s homepage.
This is interesting as I can recall all too well how the same vintage tasted much better on one occasion than on another. Perhaps technically the same, but different in terms of overall quality. Or should we start taking other factors into account when the jury’s taste the wines? At least I will keep an eye out at the wine bar for its decorations next time.
