Wine consumption in Hong Kong: negotiating identity through taste.

• Other Authors: Siu, Kit Wah Lydia.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Wine tasting; Wine tasting > China > Hong Kong; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Drinking of alcoholic beverages > China > Hong Kong; Drinking customs; Drinking customs > China > Hong Kong; Wine and wine making; Wine and wine making > China > Hong Kong; Identity (Psychology); Identity (Psychology) > China > Hong Kong
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896693; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-327445

Siu, Kit Wah Lydia. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Acknowledgements --- p.i === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Aim of the Study --- p.1 === Background --- p.3 === Literature Review --- p.10 === """Conspicuous"" Wine Consumption" --- p.14 === Taste as a Combination of Symbols of Class Distinction --- p.17 === "Hong Kong, a City of Consumption" --- p.19 === Methodology --- p.21 === Challenges and Limitations --- p.25 === Summary of the Thesis --- p.26 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- The Wine Market in Hong Kong --- p.28 === Introduction --- p.28 === Consumption and Identity --- p.29 === The Beginning of Wine Consumption in Hong Kong --- p.33 === The Beginning of the Mass Consumption of Wine in the 1960s --- p.36 === Popularization in the 1980s to the Early 1990s --- p.39 === The Years of Turbulence 1997-2002 --- p.40 === The Current Wine Market --- p.44 === General Market Features --- p.46 === Conclusion --- p.48 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Wine-Tasting Community in Hong Kong --- p.51 === Introduction --- p.51 === The Meaning of Taste --- p.52 === Who are the People in the Wine Tasting Community? --- p.58 === Gender --- p.59 === Age --- p.60 === Level of Economic Capital --- p.61 === Education level --- p.62 === Four Types of Wine-Tasting Events --- p.64 === Large-scale Public Tasting Events --- p.64 === Medium-scale Tasting Events --- p.67 === Private Wine-tasting Events --- p.69 === Wine dinners --- p.70 === Conclusion --- p.72 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- The Rituals of Wine Tasting as Expressions of Identity --- p.75 === Introduction --- p.75 === "Sight, Aroma and Flavor" --- p.77 === The Practices of Tasting Rituals in Large-Scale Public Wine-Tasting Events. --- p.80 === Assessment of Sight --- p.84 === Assessment of Aroma --- p.85 === Assessment of Flavor --- p.87 === The Final Step: Spitting --- p.88 === Beyond Tasting: Wine Talk --- p.91 === Conclusion --- p.94 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Symbols of Social Distinction in Wine Consumption --- p.99 === Introduction --- p.99 === The Relationship of Wine and Social Distinction --- p.100 === Westernness --- p.102 === Uniqueness --- p.105 === Wealth --- p.107 === Knowledge --- p.112 === Leisure --- p.118 === Art and Aestheticism --- p.121 === Health Consciousness --- p.123 === Conclusion --- p.127 === Chapter Chapter 6 --- Wine as Individual Identity --- p.131 === Introduction --- p.131 === Brief Description of YC and its wine group --- p.133 === Setting --- p.133 === Becoming a member of YC --- p.137 === The structure of the YC wine group --- p.139 === The Core Value: Tasting vs Drinking --- p.143 === Taboos in the YC Wine Group --- p.144 === The Role of Alcohol and Intoxication --- p.145 === Demeaning Wine's Taste --- p.149 === Learning about Taste: Hierarchical or Equal? --- p.154 === Objective Evaluation.. --- p.157 === Subjective Appreciation --- p.160 === Searching for Oneself: a Favorite Wine and a Preferred Taste --- p.165 === Conclusion --- p.171 === Chapter Chapter 7 --- Comparing San Francisco and Hong Kong as to Wine --- p.174 === Introduction --- p.174 === Fieldwork in San Francisco --- p.175 === Drinkers´ة society vs Tasters' society --- p.176 === "Drinkers, Tasters and Producers" --- p.179 === Learning to Taste Wine in San Francisco --- p.182 === The Understanding of Wine and Taste in San Francicso --- p.185 === Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.192 === Chapter Appendix: --- Reference --- p.201