salient stimuli. In many cases, we partake in the process of "lumping" and "splitting," where similar items are lumped … together, while dissimilar items are split apart in an exaggerated manner. To test whether or not lumping and splitting plays a …Categorization is essential to everyday cognition, aiding in the organization and comprehension of information and …

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to examine the internal consistency of wine guides by comparing the judgements of … expert wine tasters and reviewers. A classification of wines is provided to establish whether expert reviews of similar wines …,000 Wine Enthusiast ratings reveal significant differences between expert reviews. This finding indicates that there are no …

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to examine the internal consistency of wine guides by comparing the judgements of … expert wine tasters and reviewers. A classification of wines is provided to establish whether expert reviews of similar wines …,000 Wine Enthusiast ratings reveal significant differences between expert reviews. This finding indicates that there are no …

consumption good. As such, wine buyers should be willing to pay a premium for regional reputation to avoid risk and to send … signals about their wealth and social status. At the same time, wine is an annually produced good; every year new bottles …Wine is an experience good and also (at least under certain circumstances and to a certain extent) a conspicuous …

As many research studies confirm, the importance of collective reputation is increasing, especially in the agro …-food chain. Currently, the reputation of firms and brands is the main key driver for companies' competitiveness and success in … modern markets. This paper empirically investigates the determinants of reputation of PDO wines in Central Italy. In …

judge the quality of the wine, which forms a reputation that is then used by naive wine consumers. We show that wineries may …This paper uses a theoretical model to analyze the interaction between general wine sales and enotourism since many … wineries sell wine through wine tours as well as wine to non-tourists. We assume that consumers of wine tours, or enotourists …

consumers’ choices of beer and wine. Two Discrete Choice Experiments were built for wine and beer and two Latent Class choice …’ choices for wine and beer are influenced by framing, design and visibility of warnings. In both countries, the acceptance of … warnings is higher for beer than for wine and in both cases consumers show higher utility for a logo on the front label: on the …

The wine industry is significantly affected by globalization and changes in consumption habits and shifts in lifestyle …, which lead to changes in the market environment and intensity of competition in the wine markets. Overall, wine cooperatives … have a market share of more than 40 % in Europe. In Germany, they account for around one third of the total wine production …

Wine quality perception involves both intrinsic and extrinsic attributes and is related to consumer liking and … experienced, expected, and perceived quality of wine, as well as on the discrepancies between them. Using an experimental design …: (1) blind tasting (2) labelled tasting (region informed evaluation); and (3) wine tasting under full information. In …

reputation as an accredited expert in the wine industry, giving more influential space on Twitter to consumers and amateurs. …Globalisation, the Internet and social media have changed the kind of actors with influence in the wine industry and … most prestigious experts in the world of wine are the Masters of Wine (MW). Although initially devoted to international …