Decoding sommeliers’ brains, one squirt of wine at a time

Researchers use a ‘gustometer’ to control portions in tasting experiments

Gustometer
guhs-TOH-meh-ter n.

A device used to squirt measured amounts of liquids into the mouth of a person in a taste study. Researchers often pair the instrument with brain scanning technology.

Recently, a study of wine tasting pitted 10 of the top sommeliers from France and Switzerland against 10 novices.