Articles
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N.44/2012The Relevance of Wine in the New Zealand's International Trade
This paper analyses the recent boom of the New Zealand's exports of wine. In particular the flows to some of the main markets currently covered by the European traditional producers are considered. The... »
Matteo Migheli (University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy)
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N.43/2012Generic communication and cooperation in the French wine industry
The aim of this paper is to propose an interpretation of advertising strategies in the French wine sector. Several public reports reveal the weakness of promotional investments by the French wine producers.... »
Hervé Lanotte (Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, France) ; Jean-Baptiste Traversac (UMR SAD-APT INRA AgroParisTech, France)
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N.42/2012Women of wine in Sicily: analysis of their role, motivation and work
Recent surveys on female employment show that, in Italy, the number of Women Entrepreneurs has constantly increased. This work aims to study the "Women of Wine" in Sicily, those entrepreneurs... »
Stefania Chironi (University of Palermo, Italy) ; Marzia Ingrassia (University of Palermo, Italy) ; Valentina Gandolf (University of Palermo, Italy)
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N.41/2012Cantillon, Mirabeau and Quesnay on the production and trade of wine
This paper discusses the evolution of the ideas about the consumption and production of wine from Cantillon to Quesnay. Assuming strict limits on quantities of arable land, Cantillon argues that wine... »
Richard van den Berg (Kingston University) ; Albert E. Steenge (University of Groningen, UK and Netherlands)
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N.40/2012Intertemporal Dependence in Alcohol Consumption Data: Evidence of Rational Addiction?
Intertemporal patterns in alcohol consumption for the United States are analyzed at the national, regional, and state level. We address shortcomings of linear time series models by employing nonlinear... »
Michael P. McCullough (California Polytechnic State, United States) ; Trenton G. Smith (University of Otago, United States) ; Thomas L. Marsh (Washington State University,United States)
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N.39/2012Formation of Regional Wine Producers Associations in the Czech Republic
This paper describes the main reasons for the formation of new regional association of wineries, based on a different origin for wines in the wine region of Moravia in the southeast part of the Czech... »
Prokeš Martin (Mendel University in BRNO, Czech Republic) ; Tomšík Pavel (Mendel University in BRNO, Czech Republic)
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N.38/2012Assessment of Foreign Infuence on the Armenian Wine Business
For over 7000 years wine is produced in Armenia; hence as new discoveries show Armenia can be considered as the cradle of wine production. Despite of or because of this tradition nowadays Armenia is more... »
Victoria Marquardt (University of Applied Sciences RheinMain, Germany) ; Jon H. Hanf (University of Applied Sciences RheinMain, Germany)
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N.37/2012In vino qualitas: climate change eects on Italian wine production
In viticulture, climate conditions prove to be a crucial driver in what regards quality of vintages. Understanding to what extent the predicted variability of these parameters could affect wine production... »
Luciano Canova (Enrico Mattei School, Italy) ; Giovanni Marini (Enrico Mattei School, Italy) ; Maria Chernyavskaya (Enrico Mattei School, Italy) ; Michele Dallari (Enrico Mattei School, Italy)
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N.36/2012Editorial -Volume 5, n. 1
In a world featured by an ongoing development and globalization (more information, means, and goods exchange speed), the idea of sommelier, which could be dened of French origin and stemming from the... »
Costantino Cipolla (University of Bologna, Faculty of Political ; Science "R.Ruffilli")
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N.35/2011Economics, Happiness and Wine
Since a few decades there is a booming literature about the economics of happiness: a quick Google search (all searches have been run on April 2, 2011) with the two terms "economics happiness"... »
Alberto Cassone (Department of Public Policy and Public Choice, POLIS, University of Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Alessandria, Italy)
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N.34/2010Renewable energy sources: a strategic option also in the vine growing and winemaking sector
In recent years, a considerable share of investment has been devoted to both research development and use of renewable energy sources also in our country. This is apparently due to price volatility of... »
Gian Gaspare Fardella (Department of Agro-Forest Systems Economics of University of Palermo)
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N.33/2009Fragments of the future. Youngsters, new ethics and consumer behaviour
The new dynamics of the food and wine industry needs reconsideration in the light of the consumer behaviour of younger generations. This perspective poses a signicant, cultural challenge, especially... »
Mario Morcellini (Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Rome ; "La Sapienza")
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N.32/2011Wine Roads in the Development of Rural Tourism of North Western Croatia: Medjimurje Wine Road as Good Practice Example
Regarding the importance of specific segments of rural tourism, this article will analyze one example of good practice of Croatian continental wine roads, the Medjimurje Wine Road, its sustainability... »
Damir Demonja (Institute for International Relations, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies,Croatia) ; Rebeka Mesaric' Zabcic (Institute for International Relations, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies,Croatia)
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N.31/2011Regulatory policies and consumers quality perception in the wine sector
The paper analyses how dierent aspects connected with regulations can influence consumer quality perception and the value that consumers attribute to wine sector products. In particular,aspects concerning... »
Emilio Chiodo (University of Teramo, Italy) ; Nicola Casolani (University of Teramo, Italy) ; Andrea Fantini (University of Teramo, Italy)
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N.30/2011Strategic Perspectives for the Tokaj Wines and Wine Tourism - The Case of the Budapest International Wine Festival
Wine tourism is one of the most important ways to introduce wines to the consumers. It is an effective method to improve wine culture. Tokaj is one of the leading wine regions in Hungary and has a great... »
Zoltán Szabaó (Szent István University, Hungary) ; István Fehér (Szent István University, Hungary) ; József Lehota (Szent István University, Hungary) ; Anikó Gergely (Szent István University, Hungary) ; Zsuzsanna Széles (Szent István University, Hungary)
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N.29/2011Wine Production in Québec: an investigation into the price-quality relationship
Wine production in Québec over this period has also grown rapidly with an increased interest for diversied products in terms of quality and price. The growth of supply is related not only to the number... »
J. François Outreville, HEC Montréal Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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N.28/2011Developments in drinking patterns in OECD countries
During the decades since the 1960s, the level of alcohol consumption as well as the structure of alcohol consumption has changed to a great extent in many OECD countries. [...] Read the full text below... »
Jan Bentzen (Department of Economics and Business Aarhus University, Denmark. jb@asb.dk)
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N.27/2011Strategies and Intepreting Models of a Reformed DOC: the Prosecco Case Study
Recently, Prosecco wine industry has dramatically increased. Wine producers were able to exploit successfully opportunities coming from both the supply growth and consumer appreciation (Boatto et al.,... »
Luca Rossetto (University of Padova) ; Vasco Boatto (University of Padova) ; Luigino Barisan (University of Padova)
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N.26/2011Wine terroir concept: some preceding in Arrigo Serpieri's agrarian zone
The paper aims at discussing the role played by the theory of business clusters in wine marketing and in particular it aims at discussing the "terroir" denition in wine economics in order to... »
Gian Luigi Corinto (University of Macerata)
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N.25/2011Measurement of consumers' wine-related knowledge
It is stated, according to the paradigm of knowledge-based economy, that information asymmetry between consumers and producers is reduced thanks to information availability and dissemination through the... »
Georges Giraud (UMR CESAER, AgroSupDijon-INRA **Unite METO, INERIS; VetAgro Sup Clermont, France) ; Cleo Tebby (UMR CESAER, AgroSupDijon-INRA **Unite METO, INERIS; VetAgro Sup Clermont, France) ; Corinne Amblard (UMR CESAER, AgroSupDijon-INRA **Unite METO, INERIS; VetAgro Sup Clermont, France)