Pairing Wine and Music!

A study by the Department of Applied Psychology at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, has revealed that music can have a direct impact on taste.  In other words, the style of music we listen to while drinking wine can affect how the wine actually tastes.  Apparently the different types of music stimulates specific areas of the brain, so when the wine is tasted, these areas of the brain are already active and "prime us to taste the wine in a corresponding way".

According to the researchers, Cabernet Sauvignon was most affected by "powerful and heavy" music and Chardonnay by "zingy and refreshing" sounds.  Therefore they recommend the Rolling Stones's "Honky Tonk Woman" and the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" for Cabernet Sauvignon, Pachebel's "Canon" for Syrah and "What's Love Got To Do With It?" by Tina Turner with a zingy Chardonnay.  If you are enjoying a bottle of Merlot put Otis Redding's "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" on the stereo and enjoy.