Wine, Society, and Globalization: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Wine Industry
Language: English
Pages: 277
ISBN: 1403984239
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
This collection of essays comprises a number of case studies from key wine-growing regions and countries around the world. Contributors focus on the development of the wine business and its overall importance and impact in terms of the regional and domestic economy and the international economy
better quality, premium table wines, but were unsure if they could sell the improved wines. The invidious stigma that accompanied the wines of the past had to be overcome, as was shown in the case of Donald Ziraldo: he secured French buyers for his premium wines, but they pulled out when he could not prove the provenance of his grapes.14 However, in order to satisfy both domestic and export markets, quality standards had to be established throughout the industry. This came about in the early
difficult to accomplish with traditional presses. New, largely “home-grown” presses, which have now been introduced, have proved very successful. On the viticultural front, the change from hybrid to vinifera grapes and the appropriate matching of vineyard site with grape variety were absolutely critical. The selection of clones and rootstocks, and particularly appropriate vineyard management practices, are ongoing technological considerations for the industry. Many commentators argue that the
Gard,17 and has a diploma in plant genealogy. He spent several years working on his family vineyards at Costières de Nîmes before emigrating to Quebec in his early twenties. 92 M. Acker man His partner, Durand, is also from the south of France. He has a diploma from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Dijon, and studied the economics of wine production in Montpellier. Durand also worked at his family vineyard, Le Chateau des Tourelles, a domain near Avignon that produces a million
wine is a luxury beverage chiefly connected with the ritual of entertainment.”9 Wine consumption trends from the mid-nineteenth century until the outbreak of the Second World War, together with the levels finally reached in the most developed countries, suggests that initially attractive demand-side prospects tended to evaporate during the first third of the twentieth century. In some developed countries, the rapid development of wine imports, as a consequence of the general increase in
41,193 36,397 38,926 Spain 16,040 14,928 13,638 17,827 20,785 21,215 17,809 14,852 Algeria 6,078 7,657 8,120 6,856 7,834 11,052 17,338 16,838 Portugal 5,131 5,214 4,311 4,710 5,060 5,946 7,864 7,159 Argentina 1,708 3,028 4,597 4,435 5,718 6,098 5,139 7,395 Romania 1,156 1,608 1,295 1,930 4,345 6,384 8,233 9,438 Southern Europe 62,965 67,199 63,157 60,867 69,346 70,684 64,856 64,218 Central/Eastern Europe 16,675 19,072 12,899 12,907