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Some Rolling Stones with your wine, Sir? 來點滾石樂團的音樂配酒？

Music can influence the taste of wine, according to a recent study that suggests which songs go well with which types of wine.

Heavy rock music like Jimi Hendrix or the Rolling Stones is a good accompaniment to a Cabernet Sauvignon, while opera buffs might prefer a 2006 Syrah, said the study by psychologists at a British university.

The research, in collaboration with a Chilean wine producer, indicates that different types of music stimulate different parts of the brain and prime us to taste wines in a corresponding way.

For example when a powerful piece of music such as Carmina Burana is heard, a Cabernet Sauvignon is perceived as being 60 percent more powerful, rich and robust than when no music is heard.

“This is the first time it has been scientifically proven that music can affect perception in other senses and change the way wine tastes,” said Professor Adrian North of Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh.

The idea for the study was triggered by Chilean winemaker Aurelio Montes, who plays Gregorian chants to his maturing wines, arguing that the gentle vibrations improve the quality.

David Williams, editor of Wine and Spirit magazine, said: “I love the idea that music has such an enormous effect on the way we taste wine, and I love the idea that people in the wine trade might make use of this information.

“Maybe we’ll start seeing buy-one-get-one-free offers replaced by free Mozart, and maybe one day there’ll even be music lists in Michelin-starred restaurants,” he said.

(The GUARDIAN)

最近一項研究顯示，音樂可以影響葡萄酒的口感，研究中並對何種歌曲適合搭配何種葡萄酒提出建議。

英國一所大學的心理學家所做的研究指出，像吉米．罕醉克斯或滾石合唱團的重搖滾音樂適合搭配卡本內蘇維翁紅酒，而歌劇迷可能會偏好二ＯＯ六年的希哈。

這項和智利某酒商合作的研究結果顯示，不同種類的音樂會刺激我們腦中不同的部位，進而促使我們在品嚐葡萄酒時，產生與音樂風格相符的口感。

例如，和沒有聽到音樂的情況下相比，人們聽到《Carmina Burana》這樣強而有力的音樂時，卡本內蘇維翁紅酒強烈、芳醇的口感會提升60%。

愛丁堡海華大學的愛德里恩．諾思教授說：「這是第一次經科學實驗證明，音樂會影響人類其他感知，並改變葡萄酒的口感。」

促成這項研究的是智利的葡萄酒釀造師奧萊利歐．蒙特斯，他會在葡萄酒熟成階段播放葛雷格聖歌，他認為歌曲輕柔的共鳴可以提升酒的品質。

《葡萄酒與烈酒》雜誌編輯大衛．威廉斯說：「我很高興聽到音樂對於葡萄酒的口感有這麼大的影響力，我也很高興酒商可以利用這項資訊。」

他說：「也許我們會|開始看到買一送一的促銷，送的是莫札特的CD；又或者哪天米其林星級餐廳甚至會|出現歌單供消費者參考。」（衛報／翻譯：袁星塵）

Warning: Excessive consumption of alcohol can damage your health.

飲酒過量有害健康

TODAY’S WORDS 今日單字 1. buff n. 愛好者 (ai4 hao4 zhe3) 例: Olivia is an opera buff. (奧莉薇亞是一個歌劇愛好者。) 2. robust adj. 醇厚的 (chun2 hou4 de5) 例: I drank a robust glass of wine with lunch. (我午餐時小酌了一杯醇厚的葡萄酒。) 3. perception n. 感知 (gan3 zhi1)，看法 (kan4 fa3) 例: His perception has been skewed by recent developments. (他的看法已因最近的事態發展而有了轉變。) 4. vibration n. 共鳴 (gong4 ming2)，震動 (zhen4 dong4) 例: I could feel the vibrations from the car's stereo system. (我可以感覺到那部汽車音響傳出的音律震動。)

SAY WHAT? 說說看 Some songs or pieces of music listed by the researchers which go well with wine types: Cabernet Sauvignon: Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney; Won’t Get Fooled Again by the Who Chardonnay: What’s Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner; Spinning Around by Kylie Minogue Syrah: Puccini’s Nessun Dorma as sung by Luciano Pavarotti; Orinoco Flow by Enya Merlot: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding; Easy by Lionel Ritchie 以下是研究學者列舉的部分最合搭歌曲和葡萄酒種類組合： 卡本內蘇維翁紅酒：保羅．麥卡尼的「Live and Let Die」及何許人樂團的「Won’t Get Fooled Again」 夏多內白酒：蒂娜透娜的「What’s Love Got to Do With It」及凱莉．米洛的「Spinning Around」 希哈紅酒：帕華洛帝所演唱的普契尼的「Nessun Dorma」及恩雅的「Orinoco Flow」 梅洛紅酒：奧提斯．瑞汀的「Sitting on the Dock of the Bay」及萊諾．李奇的「Easy」

OUT LOUD 對話練習 Cameron: How’s the job search going? Jocelyn: I got a couple offers, but I’m not sure which to accept. Cameron: Let the companies wine and dine you, then decide. Jocelyn: I have, and now I’m just waiting for final offers. Cameron: I think you should take a job wherever you can get the most vacation time. 卡麥隆：工作找的怎麼樣了？ 喬瑟琳：有幾家公司都願意請我去工作，但我還沒有決定要接受哪一家。 卡麥隆：妳可以讓他們款待妳一番後再作決定。 喬瑟琳：我有啊，現在我就是在等最後回應。 卡麥隆：我覺得妳應該選休假福利最好的那家。 wine and dine someone　熱烈款待某人 To wine and dine someone is to entertain him or her with wine and food. For example, “Before proposing to Maria, Ed decided to wine and dine her parents.” 「wine and dine someone」的意思就是款待某人吃飯喝酒。例如：「艾德決定在向瑪利亞求婚之前，請她父母吃頓大餐」

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