In the study of alimentary changes and of their relationship to taste, wine can be analysed
sociologically as one of the most complex and heterogeneous types of food. Yet despite the …

The relevance of consumer goods and consumer behaviour for the constitution and
confirmation of a self-concept is widely acknowledged in consumer studies. However, in …

How have people talked about the organoleptic characteristics of wines? How and why have
descriptive and evaluative vocabularies changed over time? The essay shows that these …

Wine is becoming increasingly popular in the Anglophone world and there are many books
available which describe how and where it is made. However, none address the …

1 In the study of the Anthropology of Food, Drinking has occupied a marginal and specific
position. It is only recently that anthropologists have started to claim that they have a …

The purchase and consumption of wine, whether in hospitality environments or domestic
settings, has huge anthropological significance underpinned by a discourse of wine …

This chapter presents a story is about two Frenchmen who have a chance meeting on the
road to Schloss Johannisberg in the autumn of 1846. Both are wine lovers on their way to …

This book provides a new interpretation of the relationship between consumption, drinking
culture, memory and cultural identity in an age of rapid political and economic change …

This paper addresses the principal theoretical issues informing the significance of wine
consumption as social practice and, within this, the significance of tourism to wine …

Wine consumption has been an integral part of Western civilisation for millennia. Its role in
society goes beyond mere consumption as an end in itself. So what do people do when they …