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Assessing the Effect of Musical Congruency on Wine Tasting in a Live Performance Setting

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Wang, Qian (Janice), Spence, Charles·2015·i-Perception

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At a wine tasting event with live classical music, we assessed whether participants would agree that certain wine and music pairings were congruent. We also assessed the effect of musical congruency on the wine tasting experience. The participants were given two wines to taste and two pieces of music—one chosen to match each wine—were performed live. Half of the participants tasted the wines while listening to the putatively more congruent music, the rest tasted the wines while listening to the putatively less congruent music. The participants rated the wine–music match and assessed the fruitiness, acidity, tannins, richness, complexity, length, and pleasantness of the wines. The results revealed that the music chosen to be congruent with each wine was indeed rated as a better match than the other piece of music. Furthermore, the music playing in the background also had a significant effect on the perceived acidity and fruitiness of the wines. These findings therefore provide further support for the view that music can modify the wine drinking experience. However, the present results leave open the question of whether the crossmodal congruency between music and wine itself has any overarching influence on the wine drinking experience.

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Authors
Wang, Q. (., & Spence, C.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Spence, Charles
Venue
i-Perception
Published
2015-06-01
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages
2041669515593027-2041669515593027
ISSN
2041-6695 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1832271583
Cited by
64
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • i-Perception (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/L007053/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Wine Industry and Tourism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
crossmodal congruency, taste perception

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