case, organic and local products. A survey method is used to examine organic and local markets in place of a single product …

opportunity for local producers to market to restaurants. Fifty-one percent of the restaurants surveyed currently purchase local … foods, and over 80 percent of the remaining restaurants would purchase local products if barriers were addressed. To take …

produce industry of potential structural shifts in the location of production. Recent increases in demand for local produce … distribution costs for local produce will ultimately need to drive the supply for these products. …

attributes of wine, appellations, expert ratings, and wineries. Participants submitted bids each time they received new … valuations, or bids and 944 hedonic “liking” ratings, as well as demographic information, wine consumption data, and a wine … wine by consumers. Participants value Cabernet Sauvignons from Napa Valley and Sonoma County and their sub …

substantial expansion of wine supply has induced a strong product proliferation on the market. It is not only the taste of wines … on the wine bottle, such as origin, grape variety or brands. Additionally, there is a strong trend towards using the … product design, i.e. bottle type or style of the wine label, as an instrument of product differentiation. The objective of …

Rapid New World supply increases are imposing downward pressures on prices for grape and wine producers. A per capita … decrease in wine consumption in the world’s largest wine producers is being offset by consumption increases elsewhere, and … growing consumer preferences for higher quality wines. We use a global wine model to project the world’s wine markets from …

We develop a hedonic pricing model for German quality wine. Quality indicators for 4,141 wines are sensory awards … received at the annual German wine competition and the legally required quality category as well as a set of control variables …