I like it but how do I know if it's any good? Quality and preference in wine consumption

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Journal of Research for Consumers

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Public Management

School

School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure

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2544

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Charters, S., & Pettigrew, S. (2003). I like it but how do I know if it’s any good? Quality and preference in wine consumption. Journal of Research for Consumers, 5, 1021-1027. Available here

Abstract

This study explored the relationship between quality perceptions and preferences in the context of wine consumption. Interviews and ‘focus tastings’ were used to elicit information from Australian wine consumers, wine producers, and wine industry mediators. The findings indicate that in the context of wine consumption preference seems to be a means of linking a personal, subjective approach to wine enjoyment with a more objective viewpoint on wine quality. It allows for the idea that quality is ‘out there’ and is verifiable independently of what drinkers like to consume. It also allows both a subjective and an objective perspective to be maintained contemporaneously despite their initial apparent contradiction.

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