In 2008, the EU voted to liberalize its system of planting rights which has strictly regulated vine plantings in the EU. However, after an intense lobbying campaign the liberalization of the planting right system was overturned in 2013 and new regulations created an even more restrictive system....

Introduction: wine and the politics of economic change -- The analytical challenge of economic change -- Exiting approaches to change in wine and beyond -- Studying structured contingency: institutions, fields and political work -- Shaping and negotiating a deep reform -- Diagnosis and...