Tasting green: An experimental design for investigating consumer perception of organic wine

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-211

  Wiedmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Hennigs, Nadine ^a   Behrens, Stefan Henrik ^a   Klarmann, Christiane ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer perception; Experimental design; Organic food; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893465659     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-04-2012-0090     Document Type: Article

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