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The aim of the present study was to investigate social representations of wine as a function of wine expertise and culture. Wine expertise has been studied extensively in the field of psychology and sensorial analysis highlighting perceptual, verbal or memory skills. Wine is at the heart of French customs and eating traditions, and meanings developed about it are the subject of a real social construction...