Why you should buy wine with an animal on the label

Get your very own CUSTOM stick figure at   / minutefood  ! Why are there SO many animals on wine labels? Shout out to @thepudding for their awesome analysis of animal wines (https://pudding.cool/2025/04/wine-ani...) And as always, thanks so much to 🍪Our delicious Smart Cookie patrons: James A. McCormick The scientific nitty gritty -Boudreaux, CA, and Palmer, SE (2007). A charming little Cabernet: Effects of wine label design on purchase intent and brand personality. International Journal of Wine Business Research 19.3: 170-186. https://palmerlab.berkeley.edu/pdf/Bo... -Droulers, O, Gagnan, AB and Lacoste‐Badie S (2026). Influence of Wine Label Imagery: Eye‐Tracking Evidence and Regulatory Implications. Drug and Alcohol Review 45.1: e70094. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.70094 -Hagen, T, and Laeng, B (2017). Animals do not induce or reduce attentional blinking, but they are reported more accurately in a rapid serial visual presentation task. i-Perception 8.5: 2041669517735542. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669517735542 -Johnson, MD et al (2022). Wine and wildlife: an exploratory study of the depiction of animals on wine labels available in the United States. Journal of Food Distribution Research 53.3: 40-66. https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.339677 -Mormann, F, et al (2011). A category-specific response to animals in the right human amygdala. Nature neuroscience, 14(10), 1247-1249. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2899 -Zhu, W, et al. Differential visual processing of animal images, with and without conscious awareness. Frontiers in human neuroscience 10 (2016): 513. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00513 Good (accessible) references: -https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-ye... -https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/an... Related videos:    • They Laughed at This $6.99 Wine... Until I...   MinuteFood is created by Kate Yoshida, Arcadi Garcia & Leonardo Souza, and produced by Neptune Studios LLC. Youtube |    / minutefood   TikTok |   / minutefood_   Twitter |   / minutefood   Instagram |   / minutefood_   Facebook |   / minutefood   Shop | https://store.dftba.com/collections/m...