Tag: wine

Environmental Context Determines Self-Administered Alcohol Consumption Rates in Rats

Clinical research indicates that environmental context plays a very important role in altering individual responsiveness to addictive drugs.  For example, traumatic life experiences have been shown to be associated with the development of a drug addiction, or a relapse back…

Wine Preferences are Dictated by Past Alcohol Consumption Patterns

For nearly 30 years, research has suggested that there is a learning curve of wine preferences, starting off with new wine drinkers consuming sweeter wines and lower alcohol white wines, and eventually moving toward more complex red wines.  More current…