This exploratory paper investigates why sparkling wine houses producing Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Protected Designation of Origin (CVPP) wines decided to adopt the sub-appellation "Rive" to increase the value of their wines. We estimated both logistic and generalized linear models to...

In this paper we provide an economic interpretation of intercropping as a risk management strategy based on spatial diversification of production. We study vine intercropping - i.e., scattering vines across fields rather than concentrating them in specialized vineyards - a traditional practice...

Wine consumers have mainly relied upon prices and professional critics’ reviews to infer wine quality. Crowdsourcing platforms, such as Vivino, have introduced a new source of information, leveraging the opinions from large numbers of amateur wine reviewers and averaging their ratings. We...