THEORETICAL OVERVIEW OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING WINE PRODUCTION
This paper reviews the authors’ theoretical and empirical views on the factors influencing wine production. The theoretical framework indicates the presence of many factors affecting the vine growing and winemaking enterprises. The indicators are summarised in terms of terroir, the competitiveness of the enterprise, its ability to innovate, the production quality and the quality of wine product intended for the market. The analysis assists in highlighting the following more important conclusions: evolution of the object of study from an enterprise to a whole supply chain; regarding the subject of study, many factors that affect the object, combined into leading factors and indicators characterising the factors, can be identified; the terroir and the human factor are the main factors influencing the quality of the wine produced.