Does playing music to your wine make it taste better?!
Barahonda bodega in Murcia thinks so. Once the ‘59h 35m 3s’ had spent 10 months being aged in oak, after bottling it was played a selection of music for (you guessed it) 59 hours, 35 minutes and 3 seconds.
Why? "The project came out of the idea that when a pregnant mother listens to music it influences the character of the baby," explains Sonia Garcia of Barahonda to The Guardian. "Therefore we decided to play music to the wine when it was in the bottle to soften and sweeten the tannins."
Perhaps more importantly, what music did the wine 'listen' to? A mix of Mali-folk and Sigur Ros, among others, chosen by the director of Spain’s national alternative music station, Radio 3.
So what music do I want my wine to respond to? IMHO repeats of the above playlist would produce a super-smooth taste... the kind that's a bit too easy to drink (my favourite).
Honestly though, who can be arsed to see if 60 hours spent wooing wine with Spotify makes a difference? Surely playing music AND drinking wine is the ultimate compromise.
