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In vino veritas
Author(s) -
Hin Lin Y.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2005.00111.x
Subject(s) - mainland china , consignment , china , wine , consumption (sociology) , mainland , geography , business , economy , agricultural economics , history , economics , archaeology , marketing , sociology , art , social science , visual arts
Wine consumption, once predominantly in Europe and the USA, is rapidly evolving into a global trend, with lucrative markets opening up in the Far East, notably Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. The demand for fine wines, in these regions in particular, sends prices rising through the stratosphere. Lin Y. Hin looks at the professional tasters' ratings and considers issues of score consignment and lifetime estimation.