Determining the impact of consumer characteristics to project sensory preferences in commercial white wines

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-493

  Lesschaeve, Isabelle ^a   Bowen, Amy ^a   Bruwer, Johan ^b  

^a Vineland Research Innovation Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Consumer segmentation; Preference; Sensory analysis; White wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870658148     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2012.11085     Document Type: Article

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