An assessment of using ground thermal inertia as passive thermal technique in the wine industry around the world

2012 ◽  
Vol 33-34 ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando R. Mazarrón ◽  
Jaime Cid-Falceto ◽  
Ignacio Cañas
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Inertia ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Thermal Technique

scholarly journals Masters of Wine on Twitter: presence, activity, impact and community structure

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Enrique Orduña-Malea ◽  
Cristina I. Font-Julian ◽  
José Antonio Ontalba-Ruipérez ◽  
Raúl Compés-López
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
Credible Information ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

Globalisation, the Internet and social media have changed the kind of actors with influence in the wine industry and the way these actors create signals to communicate credible information about experience and trust attributes. Among the most prestigious experts in the world of wine are the Masters of Wine (MW). Although initially devoted to international trade, they have spread their activities and their opinion is more and more appreciated by producers and consumers. The main objective of this article is to determine this community of experts’ behaviour on Twitter. In order to do so, four factors (presence, activity, impact and community) have been considered. All Twitter profiles belonging to users awarded with the MW qualification were identified and analysed. In addition, a set of 35,653 tweets published by the MWs were retrieved and analysed through descriptive statistics. The results show MWs on Twitter as high attractors (number of followers), moderate publishers (original contents published), moderate influencers (number of likes and retweets), and low interactors (number of friends and mentions to other users). These findings reveal that the MW community is not using Twitter to gain or reinforce their reputation as an accredited expert in the wine industry, giving more influential space on Twitter to consumers and amateurs.

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF THE FOREIGN ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF UKRAINIAN WINE INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD MARKET

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3(72)) ◽  
pp. 150-158
Author(s):  
N.Ye. FEDOROVA ◽  
I. O. TARAN
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
World Market ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Production Potential ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Geographic Structure ◽  
The World ◽  
Wine Market ◽  
Foreign Trade Turnover

Topicality. Ukrainian export strategy for 2017-2021 determines food industry as one of the key elements of the country's foreign economic potential. Despite the secondary importance of wine in meeting the basic human needs, wine industry plays an important role in filling the budget of the country, ensuring the socio-economic development of regions. The wine sector is a perspective direction for the development of Ukrainian economy, an integral part of its foreign economic potential because of favourable natural and climatic conditions and existence of labour and other resources of high quality.Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to determine the foreign economic potential of Ukrainian wine industry in the world market. To achieve the goal, following tasks have been set and solved: definition of production potential of Ukrainian wine industry; assessment of consumer potential of Ukrainian wine market; study of trends of export-import activity of market operators (volumes of export, import, foreign trade turnover, balance of export and import operations, geographic structure of export and import).Research results. According to the research results of Ukrainian wine industry in 2014-2018, it is established that the production potential of Ukrainian wine market is decreasing. This can be explained by the decrease in the area of grape plantations in the fructiferous age, the declining dynamics of the index of industrial products, the growth of depreciation, the decrease in the average number of staff members, as well as the decline in consumer market potential (due to a decrease in the number of target consumer segment, in the share of spending on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, the growth of average consumer prices, the prohibition of the promotion of wine etc.).According to the export-import activity in monetary terms Ukraine is a net importer of grape wines. However, in terms of volume, the volumes of wine exports are dominated by imports. Such contradictions in data in both physical and monetary terms can be explained by the low cost of Ukrainian exports. The average price of 1 litre of exported Ukrainian wine in 2018 is 3.5 times lower than the cost of 1 litre of imported one. The geographic structure of demand for Ukrainian wines varies: the share of CIS countries and Europe is decreasing and the share of Asian countries is increasing. The largest buyers of Ukrainian wine are: Russian Federation, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and China. The geography of the import of grape wines has the opposite structure: a significant proportion is being taken by the European countries, the smallest – by the “new wine regions”: America, Africa and Australia and Oceania.Conclusion. The analysis of the indicators of functioning of Ukrainian wine industry shows that at present, it can not claim the position of an influential player in the market. There is a significant natural and climatic potential, but there is a number of problems that hinder the development of foreign economic potential. These problems are: problems related to the political and legal environment; problems of production potential; problems of consumer potential; foreign trade problems; retail problems.

scholarly journals The Market as Mediator: The Corporate Creation of Portuguese Wine

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuno Domingos
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Symbolic Representation ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Production Phase ◽  
The World ◽  
Promotional Efforts ◽  
Target Markets

This article focuses on how market analysis professionals aim to materially and symbolically shape a product like wine. More specifically, I deal with the case of the strategy for marketing Portuguese wines in British and North American markets, outlined by an international multinational consulting firm in 2004. In a market defined by uncertainty, market experts’ strategies to turn Portuguese wine into a more effective commodity demanded an adjustment in light of the dominant tendencies that support the wine industry. Before tradition, method, taste, and place, the market should dictate what kind of wines the Portuguese ought to produce. This aim involved a number of articulated levels of specialization and expertise, from the production phase to the symbolic representation that seeks to influence the experience of taste. This imaginary established a dialogue with the lifestyles and social aspirations of selected target markets. At the same time, these promotional efforts are tools that interfere with consumers’ perceptions of space, society, and history, as they propose categories that are used to understand and represent the world.

Financial strategies of multinational firms in the world wine industry: An assessment

Agribusiness ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Manuel Coelho ◽  
Jean-Louis Rastoin
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Financial Strategies

scholarly journals A review of the techniques for mitigating the effects of smoke taint in wine production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ysadora A. Mirabelli-Montan ◽  
Matteo Marangon ◽  
Antonio Graça ◽  
Christine M. Mayr Marangon ◽  
Kerry L. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fermentation Process ◽  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Volatile Phenols ◽  
Wine Production ◽  
The World ◽  
Single Method ◽  
Negative Impacts

Smoke taint has become a prominent issue for the global wine industry as climate change continues to impact the length and extremity of fire seasons around the world. When grapevines are exposed to smoke, their leaves and fruit can adsorb volatile smoke compounds (for example, volatile phenols such as guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, o-, m- and p-cresol, and syringol), which can initially be detected in free (aglycone) forms but are rapidly converted to glycoconjugate forms due to glycosylation. During the fermentation process, these glycoconjugates can be broken down, releasing volatile phenols that contribute undesirable sensory characteristics to the resultant wine (i.e. smokey and ashy attributes). Several methods have been evaluated, both viticultural measures and winemaking techniques, for mitigating and/or remediating the negative effects of grapevine smoke exposure. While there is currently no single method that universally solves the problem of smoke taint, this paper outlines the tools available that can help to minimize the negative impacts of smoke taint (Figure 1).

Lessons from nearly 20 years of Precision Agriculture research, development, and adoption as a guide to its appropriate application

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. V. Bramley
Keyword(s):  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Potential Productivity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right

Precision Agriculture (PA) is an all-encompassing term given to the use of a suite of technologies that promote improved management of agricultural production through recognition that the potential productivity of agricultural land can vary considerably, even over very short distances (a few m). It can be regarded as a means of increasing the chance that the right crop management strategies are implemented in the right place at the right time. Numerous examples exist of the successful application of PA to various cropping systems around the world, in many cases supported by a burgeoning PA literature. However, the rate of adoption by growers of many crops remains low and, in some industries, is negligible. One such example is the Australian sugar industry, in spite of its relatively high rate of adoption of controlled traffic and the ready access that growers have to supporting infrastructure such as local GPS base stations. However, the Australian sugar industry is now seeking an informed basis from which to make decisions as to appropriate investment in PA, whether these be in terms of pragmatic application by growers, the level of involvement (if any) by millers, or with respect to research to facilitate such adoption. A part of acquiring this informed view of PA is to look at its application in other cropping systems. This review therefore examines PA research and application in a range of cropping systems from around the world and considers the key drivers of variability in these production systems. Constraints to the adoption of PA and its likely economic benefits are also considered in light of experiences from around the world. It is concluded that sugarcane production is ideally suited to the adoption of PA. Like other broadacre systems, such as cereal production, the opportunity exists to target the management of inputs to production. However, the vertically integrated nature of the sugar industry and existence of a potentially significant crop quality imperative also present opportunities for targeted strategies such as selective harvesting, as used in the wine industry. Thus, to get the best result from adoption of PA, the sugar industry will need to consider it as a tool for optimising management of the production of sugar, as opposed to solely an avenue for improving the agronomic management of sugarcane. Several recommendations are made as to how this adoption might be supported.

scholarly journals Combining amenity with experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 1076-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim McFarlane ◽  
Bligh Grant ◽  
Boyd Blackwell ◽  
Stuart Mounter
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Output Analysis ◽  
Input Output Analysis ◽  
West Region ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Production

Industry and government bodies have recommended augmentation of traditional production and marketing techniques as ways of increasing an industry’s profitability. This article values the amenity of the wine industry, a sensory experience that provides an array of opportunities both culturally to the tourist and economically to many regions across the world. Using the wine industry in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, we use input–output analysis to assess the economic impacts of this industry and the amenity hidden within. The industry not only provides jobs and commerce supporting local prosperity but also supplies a mixed production and consumption amenity from an agricultural product that meets the tourist’s leisure desire – an amenity that transcends from its origin in the vineyard to its destination at the table.

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