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The Art and Science of Wine Tasting | Qian Janice Wang | TED

No two people taste wine the same way, and science is starting to show us why. Sensory scientist Qian Janice Wang explores why experts and beginners experience complexity so differently — revealing that what makes a wine great may have less to do with what’s in the glass and more to do with what’s happening…

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No two people taste wine the same way, and science is starting to show us why. Sensory scientist Qian Janice Wang explores why experts and beginners experience complexity so differently — revealing that what makes a wine great may have less to do with what’s in the glass and more to do with what’s happening in your brain. (Recorded at TEDxNoVA on October 10, 2025)

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  1. @Technosciencelab

    May 10, 2026 at 11:08 am

    Great 😊

    • @youngsukcho6

      May 10, 2026 at 11:17 am

      Glass and fire

  2. @SAWAN-KUMAR-q8n

    May 10, 2026 at 11:16 am

    I couldn’t wait to taste some 😅

  3. @ZeroTrustGaming

    May 10, 2026 at 11:21 am

    Please on Auto Dubbing

  4. @nathanroberson

    May 10, 2026 at 11:46 am

    I think I have a wine complex.

  5. @leafgreenbeast

    May 10, 2026 at 12:53 pm

    what makes a wine complex? the pricetag

  6. @jinacio

    May 10, 2026 at 1:31 pm

    Muito bom comoRar as impressões. Musica e vinho têm ambos seu nichos. Ainda assim se pode prestar atenção na impressão de suas variações

    Estou agora com um tinto seco genérico italiano. A experiência de mantes por 30s nas papilas mudou muito a percepção. Não ficou apenas o amargo e o tanino. Começaram a subir aromas e after tastes que não havia percebido durante o almoço.

    O que faz pensar que um tanto da satisfação de vinhos seja uma percepção artificial e elitista.

    BTW
    I’m Brazilian and did not watch it in dub or subtitled

  7. @MDTALKIES

    May 10, 2026 at 1:50 pm

    Great video

  8. @RikyPerdana

    May 10, 2026 at 2:58 pm

    WINE Is Not Emulator

  9. @roberts8783

    May 10, 2026 at 3:11 pm

    11:10. I drank some expired old apple juice once and it also tasted more complex

  10. @qwaqwa1960

    May 10, 2026 at 4:50 pm

    NoVA? North Virginia??? WTF?

  11. @qwaqwa1960

    May 10, 2026 at 4:52 pm

    1795 Madeira—best thing ever to pass my lips…

    • @maxinedowns8013

      May 10, 2026 at 9:15 pm

      As the old saying goes: Have some Madeira, my dear-a.

  12. @roberthenderson2580

    May 10, 2026 at 6:27 pm

    It all tastes the same to me.

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