Selling wine in larger-sized wine glasses may encourage people to drink more, even when the amount of wine served remains the same. In our study published 7th June, 2016 in the journal BMC Public Health, we report that increasing the size of wine glasses led to an almost 10% increase in wine sales.
Does wine glass size influence sales for on-site consumption? A multiple treatment reversal design. Pechey R, Couturier DL, Hollands GJ, Mantzari E, Munafò MR & Marteau TM.
Our new study, published 23rd December 2015, in PLOS ONE, examines whether certain sizes and shapes of wine glasses may lead people to think there is more or less wine in these glasses compared to other glasses, when there’s actually the same amount.
Does Glass Size and Shape Influence Judgements of the Volume of Wine? Pechey, Attwood, Couturier, Munafò, Scott-Samuel, Woods & Marteau
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Many thanks to everyone who came to The Health Psychology Lab at the Cambridge Science Festival. We hope you had a good time, and will be in touch with all those who wanted to know the study results as soon as these are analysed!