Wine 2030 - University of Adelaide

AAWE #69 and #70 latest wine economics papers

tigchandler — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:16:30 +0000

AAWE Working Paper No. 69 Economics
Do public monopolies maximise welfare or profit? This paper by Katja Seim and Joel Waldfogel looks at the example of the Pennysylvania Liquor Control Board.

Public Monopoly and Economic Efficiency: Evidence from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s Entry Decisions
Katja Seim and Joel Waldfogel

AAWE President Orley Ashenfelter says that maybe this means that wine and liquor monopolies are not all bad! Read his blog here.

AAWE Working Paper No. 70 Economics
Return to Wine: a Comparison of the Hedonic, Repeat Sales, and Hybrid Approaches
James J. Fogarty and Callum Jones

AAWE paper #66: Taste testing of wine – cues important to experts and novices

tigchandler — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:24:16 +0000

This AAWE paper by Anthony Pecotich and Steven Ward investigates the consumer purchasing decision for wines, with variations in quality, brand and country of origin. They surveyed both wine novices and experts.

Both groups showed that the country of origin cue was significant in the quality evaluation, pricing and choice of wine. Results demonstrated that extrinsic clues were important for both groups of consumers.

Read the full paper here.

Two AAWE papers by DeSimone on students and frequent drinking

tigchandler — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:27:37 +0000

Jeffrey DeSimone’s latest AAWE papers look at how frequent and binge drinking patterns affect those in high school and university/college.

AAWE Working Paper No. 67 Economics
Fraternity Membership & Frequent Drinking
Jeffrey S. DeSimone

AAWE Working Paper No. 68 Economics
Binge Drinking & Sex in High School
Jeffrey S. DeSimone

Good news! Awards for grapevine and berry research papers, Wine2030

tigchandler — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:38:29 +0000

Steve Tyerman’s group has won the Best Paper Award from the journal Functional Plant Biology for the second year running in grapevine research. The first award was in 2008 for the paper by Joanne Tilbrook and Steve Tyerman (2008) Cell death in grape berries: varietal differences linked to xylem pressure and berry weight loss. Functional Plant Biology 35: 173-184.

The second award was for the paper by Megan Shelden, Susan Howitt, Brent Kaiser and Steve Tyerman (2009) Identification and functional characterisation of aquaporins in the grapevine, Vitis vinifera. Functional Plant Biology 36: 1065-1078.

Steve’s group has also provided the front cover for the latest edition of the Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research in which they have published the paper Sigfredo Fuentes, Wendy Sullivan, Joanne Tilbrook, and Steve Tyerman (2010) A novel analysis of grapevine berry tissue demonstrates a variety-dependent correlation between tissue vitality and berry shrivel. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 16: 327-336.

Yalumba’s Louisa Rose talks about winemaking

tigchandler — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:38:26 +0000

Listen to the podcast of Louisa Rose from Yalumba speaking about Winemaking – a continuum between Art and Science? at the Inaugural A.R. Hickinbotham Lecture.

This lecture was organised by the Waite Research Institute.

Professor Pascale Quester – “wine as a social bond”

mseyfang — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:17:45 +0000

Listen to a podcast of Professor Pascale Quester (Executive Dean, Faculty of the Professions) at the Wine as a Social Bond event held at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide.

Pascale is an acknowledged international authority in the area of consumer buying behaviour, with several noteworthy publications specific to the drivers of wine purchasing. She has also been involved in a number of studies related to consumer brand communities and associated ethnographic studies. She will be providing insight into how such brand ‘sub-cultures’ can be operationalised to further enhance brand commitment and loyalty and associated purchasing behaviours. This will be discussed in the context of the new ‘world’ of virtual communities and online forums of ‘consumer to consumer’ product information exchange.

Do consumers have a home bias for wine? AAWE working paper #65

tigchandler — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:23:36 +0000

“Why is there a home bias? A case study of wine” is the title of the AAWE July 2010 working paper #65 http://bit.ly/dch8Oc.

Using wine sales data for red wine in the US state of New Hampshire over a one-year period, the authors set out to find the contribution of consumer preferences to home bias – the observed preference for wine from their home country.

Their findings suggest that the preference for domestically produced wines is linked both to consumer preferences and to trade costs.

Authors: Richard Friberg, Robert W. Paterson and Andrew D. Richardson

Facebook membership passes 500 million

tigchandler — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:22:47 +0000

There are now more than 500 million Facebook members with the latest 100 million joining within the last five months. As recently as January 2009 there were just 150 million members. More than 30 billion items are shared each month between users, including news stories, photos, and web links. Facebook is a massive and global phenomenon with 70 per cent of users outside the US.

See this article in the online Daily Telegraph http://bit.ly/d35woA

Andrew Jefford: Has Australia’s wine surge stalled?

tigchandler — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:12:54 +0000

Andrew Jefford asks – has Australia’s wine surge stalled?

In this article for the Financial Times Andrew Jefford asks if the unparalleled export success of the Australian wine industry over the past two decades has reach its pinnacle. How did Australia manage this incredible success and what has caused it to stall? Jefford believes that it is not only the strong dollar or the novelty of the humorous and direct approach wearing off that is the cause. He looks at the impact of Australia’s approach to winemaking. While Australia’s success provided lessons for other exporters, particularly from Europe, could it now be that the pendulum is swinging back and Australians must reflect on their approach and learn from others?

http://bit.ly/9r10dtAndrew

Jefford was the Wine Writer in Residence at the University of Adelaide until April 2010. In this article he reflects on his 15 months in Australia and his reflections on the various issues in the Australian wine debate.

Roberta Veale research project – “wine as a social bond”

mseyfang — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:30:18 +0000

Podcast of Dr. Roberta Veale’s overview of the research (Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Program Director, Post Graduate Programs)

Event flyer - Wine as a Social Bond

Roberta gave us an overview of the three year GWRDC funded research project investigating the potential of wine oriented online wine based communities. This comprehensive and extensive study is comprised of several important stages involving data collection and analysis from consumers and members of the wine industry alike. Fundamental to the success of the project is the delivery of findings and implications to industry around Australia via a number of planned workshops and seminars.

Wide participation in this industry based survey by Australian wine brands will improve the outcomes for everybody. If you are part of an Australian wine brand or know somebody who is – please get on board.