Agriculture & Food Systems · Drink
A topic within Drink, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Agriculture & Food Systems.
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Progress Towards a Standardized System of Wine Aroma Terminology
Noble et al. · 1984
Proposes the wine aroma wheel, a hierarchical, non-evaluative vocabulary for wine aroma, arguing tasters need shared terminology before sensory…
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The Taste of Wine: The Art and Science of Wine Appreciation
Emile Peynaud · 1980
Argues wine tasting is a learnable, describable skill rather than an innate gift, and works to replace vague connoisseurial language with a…
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Noble et al.
Proposes the wine aroma wheel, a hierarchical, non-evaluative vocabulary for wine aroma, arguing tasters need shared terminology before sensory descriptions of wine can be compared or trusted at all.
Jiyoon Yang & Jeehyun Lee
Surveys a decade of wine sensory research and argues the field has grown lopsided, concentrating descriptive and consumer studies on a narrow range of wines from established producing countries while leaving emerging wine regions largely unstudied.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Emile Peynaud
Argues wine tasting is a learnable, describable skill rather than an innate gift, and works to replace vague connoisseurial language with a systematic vocabulary grounded in sensory physiology.