Archive - Oenosthesia - Blending Wine and Music

Sonic Sommellerie

Join Jo for a multi-site odyssey through the senses

Jul 2 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

June 2025

The Winemaker Who Tastes with Sound

For trained winemaker and whisky distiller, Anna Mantheakis some sounds make wines taste like pond water, while others make her whisky cuts easier.

Jun 16 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

April 2025

Brilliant Pairings

Illuminating matches that make the most of this supramodal sensory dimension

Apr 21 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

March 2025

Tuning into brightness, in both musical tones and wine flavours, can lead to some superlative suprasensory pairings

Mar 28 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

February 2025

A fantastic new familial collaboration complete with playlist from Three Fates x Gordon Russell

Feb 28 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

January 2025

Illusions of Grandeur

Background music could be inflating the size of your of Pinot

Jan 29 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

December 2024

Sparkling tunes for New Year's toasts

Putting together the perfect playlist for pétillance

Dec 31, 2024 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

Environmental Influence

As many of us head away on our seasonal holidays, exactly where we end up experiencing our festive wines and music might well impact on how much we…

Dec 21, 2024 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

November 2024

Now we are three

As Oenosthesia – Blending Wine & Music celebrates its third anniversary, I look back at progress in the world of wine and music pairing since the launch…

Nov 20, 2024 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

October 2024

Beatmatch that bottle

From larghissimo pieces with port, to 120 bpm bangers with Albariño, styles of wine can be matched with music’s tempo

Oct 27, 2024 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

September 2024

As some wines seem quicker than others, its worth paying attention to the bpm of your wine as well as the music you're matching

Sep 25, 2024 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

August 2024

Oenosthesia, the book!

An exciting announcement...

Aug 31, 2024 •

Dr Jo Burzynska

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