Other research has shown that consumers’ buying decisions are slightly but positively influenced by medals, which placed sixth out of thirteen variables (ahead of front labels and shelf talkers). About half of the wines entered into at least three wine competitions bring home a gold medal. Links to abstract and full paper in pdf. MORE >>

Saturday’s WSJ catches up with Robert Hodgson’s research on the randomness of gold medals in wine competitions. In case you missed our discussion here and many others on them there internets, you can check out the WSJ article for a recap. Think that would fly in a sales email? Yeah, me either. Anyway, check out the article. MORE >>

Thanks to researchers at UC Davis, that might be possible. The researchers may be able to take scanners they developed to study spoilage in unopened bottles of wine and use that technology to differentiate between explosives and toothpaste and bottles of water in travelers carry-ons. wine travel MORE >>

First, German researchers said that the higher acidity in white wine could damage teeth! Read Ray Isle’s funny take on the research. SIPT: white wine. White wine has not ridden the good-for-you train as far, fast or as well as red wine. Yesterday, white wine almost suffered derailment. Vigonier begs to differ.) MORE >>

Jacques Meganote, a researcher at INRA in Bordeaux, has collected samples from the tendrils the vines in the region have shot out already this year. A French scientist has determined a way to evaluate the quality of the next Bordeaux vintage–vintage 2011, that is. The program is called “Bordeaux shoots and scores.&#. Bordeaux MORE >>