Sex & Wine & Rock & Roll
May 14, 2008
Well, they don’t mention anything about the sex, but a recent study by psychologists at a university in Edinburgh has found music is the answer to heightening your wine-tasting experience.
As if it weren’t difficult enough to get your head around food and wine pairing, now you have to worry about music and wine pairing! The study has found that different types of music fire up different parts of your brain. Consider that the foreplay necessary to get a climactic wine experience.
They’ve found scientific evidence that music can mess with your other senses, thereby changing the way a wine tastes. One wine journalist hints a ‘music list’ could be passed out with the wine list at fancy restaurants.
Jimi himself might agree that wine accompanies his music well, as he was reported to have shared a bottle of wine and played music the night of his unfortunate and early demise. Make note: the study says nothing to encourage taking eight or nine sleeping tablets. Let’s just stick to the music and wine.
Chilean winemaker Aurelio Montes (who helped carry out the study) was kind enough to make some music and wine pairing suggestions. I’ve selected some Jimi Hendrix to accompany my Orofino Merlot Cabernet. Hopefully it’ll be a Foxy Lady rather than a Purple Haze.
Here are some pairing recommendations from Montes:
Chardonnay: Atomic (Blondie), Rock DJ (Robbie Williams), What’s Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner), Spinning Around (Kylie Minogue)
Merlot: Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding), Easy (Lionel Ritchie), Over The Rainbow (Eva Cassidy), Heartbeats (Jose Gonzalez)
Cabernet Sauvignon: All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix), Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones), Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney and Wings), Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who)
Syrah: Nessun Dorma (Puccini), Orinoco Flow (Enya), Chariots Of Fire (Vangelis), Canon (Johann Pachelbel)
Find out details from The Scotsman.
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