Essays on Wine

Wine reviews, such as those from Wine Spectator and other consumer publications, help drive wine sales. Standardized wholesale “line pricing” from a major wholesale distributor in the Southwest to compare pricing to the ratings published by Wine Spectator were utilized by the researchers in this...

Firstly, the global demand patterns have changed. Demand has fallen sharply in countries that used to have the highest wine consumption, such as France, Italy and Spain. Domestic demand from major importers, such as the UK, the US and China, has increase. Secondly, consumption patterns...