Judging wine quality: Do we need experts, consumers or trained panelists?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 32, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 221-233

  Hopfer, Helene ^a   Heymann, Hildegarde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Californian Cabernet Sauvignon; Consumers; Descriptive Analysis; Hedonic liking; Wine experts; Wine quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887719772     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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