Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine (Hardcover)

Preface
Introduction: A New Approach to Wine Tasting
Part I. Fluid Dynamics of Wine Tasting
1. Sip and Saliva
2. The Tongue: Moving the Wine
3. Respiration and Wine Aromas
4. The Pathway for Retronasal Airflow
5. Swallow, Aroma Burst, and Finish
Part II. How Sensory Systems Create the Taste of Wine
6. Sight: Creating the Color of Wine
7. Orthonasal Smell: Wine Molecules Meet Smell Receptors
8. Orthonasal Smell: Creating a Wine Aroma Image
9. Orthonasal Smell: From Odor Image to Aroma Perception
10. Touch and the Mouthfeel of Wine
11. Taste Modalities and Wine Tasting
12. Creating Taste Perception
13. Retronasal Smell: The Hidden Force in Wine Tasting
14. Retronasal Smell: What Is So Special?
15. Retronasal Smell: Creating the Multisensory Wine Flavor
Part III. How Central Brain Systems Create the Pleasure of the Taste of Wine
16. Wine Tasting, Gender, and Aging
17. Memory and Wine Tasting
18. The Language of Wine Tasting
19. Pleasure: The Final Judge in Wine Tasting
20. Practical Applications of Neuroenology to the Pleasure of Wine Tasting
Appendix. A Wine-Tasting Tutorial with Jean-Claude Berrouet
Bibliography
Index