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Evolution of the wine market in Europe: trends and barriers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Ticau Iulia Ruxandra

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania)

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Evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought considerable transformations to the worldwide markets, creating an economic and sanitary crisis. Distribution channels were disrupted, affecting supply networks and business models. With restaurants and bars closed down, banned airlines and travel restrictions implemented, the economic well-being of worldwide industries got disturbed. As global decreases in alcohol trade were registered, wine market was appraised an industry worthy of being taken under consideration, with focus on its market size, incurred revenues, price evolution and degree of embracing digitalization to adapt to the ongoing restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The latter one referring to traditional wine tasting rooms which were banned due to the lockdown, wine industry found online wine tasting as a profitable alternative. The presented metrics were analyzed in Europe, with a high focus on region’s main wine producers: France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Portugal, but not only. Research followed an exploratory approach to determine changes under pandemic restrictions, lockdown and finally economic crisis in the selected industry, by engaging international available data and statistics. The study, therefore, formulated relevant hypothesis based on market size and registered revenues, price evolution and adoption of online wine tasting strategies. Results of the paper highlight decreases in market size and revenues of European wine market, however, on the long-term, industry revival is forecasted. Prices slightly decreased mainly for prestigious wines (AOP labelled), showing consumer budget restraints brought by the crisis. European’s wine market digitalization show differences among countries, with Germany being a leader for engaging such technologies. Our paper brings a snapshot of current trends and barriers under the COVID-19 pandemic, acting as a future basis and guidance for researchers in the field.

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  • Ticau Iulia Ruxandra, 2022. "Evolution of the wine market in Europe: trends and barriers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 16(1), pages 918-932, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:poicbe:v:16:y:2022:i:1:p:918-932:n:30
    DOI: 10.2478/picbe-2022-0086
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