A discussion of some interesting psychological studies concerning wine. There's the 'second cheapest wine syndrome', the famous CalTech experiment, and, of course, the one the Stanford Wine Club don't want you to hear about. Huge thanks to Dr Miles Thomas of WinePsych* for introducing me to this subject through his article, On Vines and Minds**, published in The Psychologist. All images are CC licenced by their respective creators and I thank them for their generosity to the commons. (Presented at Ignite Cardiff 2, 8th April 2009) * http://www.winepsych.com/ ** http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm/volumeID_21-editionID_160-ArticleID_1341-getfile_getPDF/thepsychologist/0508thom.pdf