Comments on: Chicks Dig Expensive Wine! (Do Women Have a Price Bias?)

By: Sang Caney

Sang Caney — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:59:26 +0000

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By: 1WineDude

1WineDude — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:38:12 +0000

Personally, I think it just confirms that guys don't pay attention, but we already knew that… :)

By: mydailywine (mydailywine)

mydailywine (mydailywine) — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:12:46 +0000

#1winedude. Is it true that women believe that you get what you pay for with wine? http://tinyurl.com/oafhdy

By: mydailywine

mydailywine — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:11:22 +0000

Actually what was interesting to me (once I took another look at the study), was how drastically the males scores dropped when they were told the price after tasting. If women believe that you get what you pay for, do men believe the opposite?
Regardless, I think we all take stand alone studies like this with a grain of salt.
i.e. Just as I was pleased to see the studies about women being better wine tasters, I still realize that men can be supertasters too.

By: alawine (KenW)

alawine (KenW) — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:33:40 +0000

Wine Blogger Post: Chicks Dig Expensive Wine! (Do Women Have a Price Bias?) http://tinyurl.com/oafhdy

By: 1WineDude

1WineDude — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:39:28 +0000

Not at all – I didn't take it as curt. If I was a woman, I'd be kind of pissed at the pronouncements in this study, honestly. As for the shoes – broken on wear #3? That should be illegal! :-)

By: Jen Foster

Jen Foster — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:39:30 +0000

Agreed.. and didn't mean to sound so curt about it… I just worry whenever there is extra fodder out there to further the stereotype that women just think about labels, money, expensive things. :) It's a REALLY interesting piece of data, though, and opens up the door to a bigger examination of how cost impacts ones tastebuds.

And not to be a total girl, but here's another analogy–the last time I bought a ridiculously pair of expensive shoes, they broke on wearing #3. Some of my Target brands are still around… 25+ wears in.

By: 1WineDude

1WineDude — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:34:32 +0000

Cheers!

ANOTHER closet KISS fan! YES! They are everywhere!

:-)

By: 1WineDude

1WineDude — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:34:04 +0000

Thanks, Jen.

"130 people does not make this study statistically significant" – agree 100%, and I said so in the post. Of course, that won't stop it from being total dinner party for about 99.8% of guys out there… :-)

By: WineLife365

WineLife365 — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:29:02 +0000

Joe,
This is so true. But on the flip side – My wife once was unknowingly sipping on what she thought was a cheap and crappy sparkler at a bridal party. The minute she was asked, “How do you like the Dom Perignon”? Her jaw dropped and her tune then changed. All of the sudden, she thought that she was drinking the Nectar of the Gods and didn’t want to offend the host by saying it sucks.

I think it just plays into the notion that if it costs more, then it must be better. As with all things in life, sometimes it’s true and sometime just pure bunk.

- Tip: Pouring any wine into a fancy looking $25 Bed & Bath glass carafe is the way to make any Haute couture woman think that she's drinking an expensive wine.

P.S.- Nice use of the Kiss song and video!