Should have includes the url
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ith-music.html
Martin
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> "enoavidh" > wrote in message
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>> Haha! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7400109.stm
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>> O_o
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>> I didn't write it, but you can find the alt.food.wine FAQ he
>> http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com/
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> Reports in the news today suggest that the enjoyment of certain wine
> varietals can be enhanced while listening to different styles of music.
> See, for example, Why wine tastes better with music, and, Music can
> enhance wine taste.
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> Examples include matches such as cabernet sauvignon with Jimi Hendrix;
> chardonnay with Blondie; merlot with Otis Redding and music by classical
> composers such as Orff and Tchaikovsky.
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> There is of course an enormous cultural bias inherent in this kind of
> research.
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> If you are a wine drinker whose tastes run to the blues, rock 'n roll and
> bluegrass a glass of good red is hardly going to taste better while
> listening to Carmina Burana.
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> Similarly,if you have been acculturated to prefer western classical music
> or opera, a glass of chablis might taste a tad sharpish while Jimi's
> Voodoo Chile is blasting way at volume 11 on the stereo.
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> One can only imagine what wines you would match with the music of Celine
> Dion, Ravi Shankar, Karlheinz Stockhausen or 'J-Lo'.
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> Cheers!
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> Martin
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