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My first Shiraz. My first australian wine. Probably from a huge industrial wineyard. Nevertheless good, interesting. Sweet, full of berries and vanilla. Amazing. Especially for me as a „white wine“er.

[this is it](http://www.yellowtailwine.com.au/wine.asp?wID=1 „this isit“)

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Give one person the same wine in two bottles, one labelled with 5€, the other with 50€, will he notice? Seems like not: the more „expensive“ one will taste better.

Placebo effect? Scientists have looked at people’s brains during this test and found interesting differences: the placebo effect seems to actually work!

(original post at „[The Frontal Cortex](http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2008⁄01/expensive_wine_tastes_better.php „The Frontal Cortex : Expensive Wine Tastes Better“)“)

And one quote to take home and think about:

> „We have these general beliefs about the world –for example, that cheaper products are of lower quality – and they translate into specific expectations about specific products,“ said Shiv. „Then, once these expectations are activated, they start to really impact our behavior.“

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[NetNewsWire](http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/Default.aspx „RSS Reader for Mac – NetNewsWire“) is finally [free](http://blogs.newsgator.com/product_news/2008⁄01/whats-new-in-ne.html „NewsGator Product News: What’s New in NetNewsWire 3.1″). Years after it has been bought by NesGator from Ranchero Software (and thus long time heroes of independent mac development)… it is now free software, including free usage of the gator.

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