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Drifting Towards Bordeaux? The Evolving Varietal Emphasis of U.S. Wine Regions

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  • Julian M. Alston

    (Robert Mondavi Institute Center for Wine Economics, University of California Davis, United States)

  • Kym Anderson

    (Wine Economics Research Centre, School of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia, and Arndt-Corden Dept of Economics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia)

  • Olena Sambucci

    (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Davis, United States)

Abstract

In an ever-more-competitive global market, vignerons compete for the attention of consumers by trying to differentiate their product while also responding to technological advances, climate changes and evolving demand patterns. In doing so, they highlight their regional and varietal distinctiveness. This paper examines the extent to which the winegrape varietal mix varies within and among states of the United States and relative to the rest of the world, and how that picture has been evolving. It reports varietal intensity indexes for different regions, indexes of similarity of varietal mix between regions and over time, and price-based quality indexes across regions and varieties within and among the three west-coast States. It also seeks econometrically to account for the shifting varietal patterns in the U.S. vineyard and in winegrape production using measures of regional varietal comparative advantage, which reflect changes in both demand and supply and producer responses to them.

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  • Julian M. Alston & Kym Anderson & Olena Sambucci, 2015. "Drifting Towards Bordeaux? The Evolving Varietal Emphasis of U.S. Wine Regions," Wine Economics Research Centre Working Papers 2015-03, University of Adelaide, Wine Economics Research Centre.
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    Keywords

    terroir; varietal intensity index; varietal similarity index; regional quality index;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • L66 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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