Wine In Bottles Research Articles

Willingness to pay of Portuguese sparkling wine consumers: Econometric and machine learning approaches

Abstract Understanding consumer choices and their drivers of willingness to pay (WTP) for a bottle of wine has been a research challenge in wine economics, particularly in niche markets such as sparkling wine. This study investigates the determinants of WTP for sparkling wine based on data from Portuguese consumers. The results provided by two alternative methodologies are compared: a traditional econometric model, based on the estimation of an ordered probit model; and a modelling approach based on data-driven and using machine learning algorithms. Both approaches present similar results, highlighting the relevance of some determinants including income, Champagne brand, not being a protected designation of origin and being a red wine consumer as main predictors of WTP for sparkling wine in Portugal.

New Wine in an Old Bottle? The Ideological Morphology of the Thai Online Right

Abstract In recent years, a number of online outlets aligned with the right has emerged in Thai politics. Though it is often assumed that such actors are merely an extension of the Thai state propaganda apparatus, as the moniker “IO (short for Information Operation)” implies, closer inspection of their contents suggests a more complicated picture. Employing the morphological approach of ideological analysis, this article argues that the Thai Online Right articulates a decidedly conservative worldview, upholding a social order centred around the monarchy, and opposing particular instigators of change, similar to more traditional Thai conservatives. The concepts and ideas they deploy to bolster these core ideas, however, seem to emphasise more materialistic and personalised elements, as well as draw from more contemporaneous “Western” right-wing conspiracy theories, making their conservative expression a strange blend of the old and the new. The findings have implications to the study of conservatisms, both in the Thai context and comparatively.

Old Wine in New Bottles? A Triple Nexus Approach to Linking Aid Cooperation to Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula

ABSTRACT This article examines the utility of the Triple (Humanitarian, Development, Peace) Nexus in linking aid cooperation to peacebuilding by conducting a case study on the Korean peninsula. Since the 1990s, humanitarian and development cooperation in North Korea has raised hopes that such cooperation could contribute to peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula. However, these aid efforts have been marked by significant fluctuations due to heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. This study employs a qualitative methodology, including problem-centred expert interviews with former/current officials from the UN, and European aid agencies, who are considered relatively neutral, and the US and South Korean aid agencies, whose countries are main parties in the Korean conflict. Drawing on the interrelated theoretical insights of contact theory and strategic peacebuilding, the findings suggest that aid actors have different strategic advantages and disadvantages in operationalizing the Triple Nexus, according to their positionalities concerning the protracted Korean conflict context. We argue that for the Triple Nexus to represent more than a mere rebranding of contentious efforts to connect aid and peacebuilding, it requires, not only the recognition of potential comparative advantages of different sectors, but also the understanding of strategic advantages and disadvantages of actors with different positionalities.

Interfacial plane block: A new technique or “old wine in a new bottle”?

Interfacial plane block: A new technique or “old wine in a new bottle”?

Old Wine in a New Bottle? Literary Universal, Poetics, and Hermeneutics

Old Wine in a New Bottle? Literary Universal, Poetics, and Hermeneutics

What about QR codes on wine bottles? A statistical analysis of technology's influence on purchase decisions among Italian wine consumers

The growing significance of information availability about products for consumers represents a pivotal dimension in contemporary consumer behavior and decision-making processes. In the context of an ever-evolving global marketplace characterized by a huge number of choices, rapid technological advancements and increased consumer awareness, access to comprehensive product information has emerged as a fundamental factor affecting consumers' preferences, choices, and satisfaction levels. There is a significant scientific gap on Italian wine consumers' readiness to adopt emerging technologies. Therefore, the research objective is to investigate whether Italian wine consumers trust and are willing to use emerging technologies such as Quick Response (QR) code and Blockchain Technology (BCT) and to identify the factors influencing their acceptance. By examining and evaluating several crucial aspects in the context of wine purchases in Italy using an online survey, this work seeks to fill the gap in the literature. These crucial elements include customers' propensity for novelty, information-seeking behaviors, faith in new technology, and the intention to use them during wine purchasing. What can be derived is the positive interconnection between consumers novelty-seeking, information-seeking, intention to use the QR code and trust in emerging technologies. With other words, consumers' information-seeking and novelty-seeking is interconnected and they positively determine consumers trust in technologies and their adoption. The implications of this study are twofold. Firstly, it enriches consumer behavior theory by providing new insights into how information availability and emerging technologies influence consumers’ decision-making processes, particularly in the context of the Italian wine market. Secondly, businesses can leverage these insights to enhance consumer trust and satisfaction, enabling them to make more effective marketing strategies, improve product transparency, and gain a competitive edge in the increasingly competitive wine market.

Authenticity, Veracity, and Rigor: Vintage Wine in a New Bottle of AI Publication Ethics

Authenticity, Veracity, and Rigor: Vintage Wine in a New Bottle of AI Publication Ethics

Wine bottle overcapping wax: An aesthetic or functional element?

Archaeological findings indicate that waxes and resins have been used for millennia as sealants to preserve bottled wine. Their use is largely linked to the belief that they limit the exposure of wine to oxygen. However, despite this historical use, the exact role of waxes and resins in limiting oxygen transfer has rarely been studied and even less so considering their ability to serve as overcapping materials to protect food and beverages. Hence, the present work investigated the effect of the presence of waxes/resins as overcapping materials and their impact on oxygen transfer through bottles corked with cork-based stoppers over a 1-year period of storage. The results demonstrated that waxes and resins have oxygen barrier properties which differ according to their chemical composition. For their application as overcapping materials, whatever the type of stopper considered, if the stopper has a lower permeability to oxygen than the wax and a surface treatment that effectively limits the transfer at the glass/cork interface, the wax will play a more aesthetic than functional role.

It’s Relative! The Cross-Modal Effects of Music Density on Perception of Product Size

Individuals inevitably make inferences concerning size when they consider an object presented without cues to its actual size. Recent studies show that structural differences in background music can influence consumers’ perceptions of product attributes through cross-modal correspondence. We introduce a new structural element of music, the “music event rate.” To this end, we make a distinction between the absolute density (notes per time unit) and the relative density (notes per measure or music event rate) and propose an influence of the latter on consumers’ perceptions of product size. Our study employs a 2 (notes per measure: four vs. eight) × 2 (music tempo: slow vs. fast) × 2 (music mode: major vs. minor) between-subject experimental design. Dependent variables are participants’ size estimates of three different food items (pictures of burger, pizza, wine bottle) presented online. The results show that the number of notes per measure has an influence on consumers’ size perception of food items insofar as a higher event rate or number of notes per measure in a music stimulus leads consumers to infer a smaller product size, whereas a lower number of notes per measure leads consumers to perceive products as larger. This cross-modal effects of the music event rate on product size perception represent a previously unexplored influence on consumer behavior.

Old Wine in New Bottles: The Technological Promise of Biorefinery In Historical Perspective.

Biorefineries are often lauded as revolutionary, sustainable new sources of power. This article critically examines biorefineries from historical and environmentalist perspectives, highlighting flaws such narratives. It proposes an alternative to the biorefinery paradigm that draws on critical environmentalist scholarship, French political ecology and the German tradition of sanfte Chemie (soft chemistry). History, the article argues, is crucial for identifying technological dead ends.

Not just new wine in old bottles: Seeing refugee law and human rights as entangled regimes

Abstract This article re-examines the relationship between international human rights and refugee law as a story of mutual interaction, by harnessing and developing the nascent concept of legal entanglement. While entanglement serves as an alternative starting point to understand how legal regimes mutually affect each other, this new concept still lacks sufficient clarity for making sense of the interfaces and development of international law. This article proposes an analytical framework for international legal theory by outlining a model of the normative, interpretive, and socio-political drivers of entangled regimes. It argues that new norms, interpretations, and socio-political shifts explain the rapprochement and distancing between refugee law and human rights over time. Acknowledging the risk that entanglement framing may become altogether too encompassing, the proposed approach to entangled regimes allows for precision and nuance in the empirical tracing of international law.

Enhancing the stability of a red organic wine through hydroxytyrosol supplementation at bottling: A time-dependent analysis

The effect of the addition of hydroxytyrosol (HT) in a red organic wine (Sangiovese 85 % and Cabernet Sauvignon 15 %) was evaluated. After six months of storage in a concrete tank, the wines were spiked with HT in three different amounts (30, 60, 120 mg/750 mL in wine) and compared with a control bottled wine (no HT addition). The bottled wines were stored at room temperature and were opened after a period of one, three, six, nine and twelve months to perform chemical and sensory analyses (T1, T3, T6, T9, and T12, respectively). Storage time was the factor that most influenced all wines parameters with respect to the different treatments. However, wine added with 60 and 120 mg/750 mL HT had a lower amount of acetic acid than the control at T3 and T6. At T6, the measured HT was negatively correlated with acetic acid (R2 = 0.81), thus suggesting that HT preserved the wine from oxidation. Later, this trend was not confirmed. The content of HT spiked was stable over twelve months of bottle storage; only the endogenous HT, which is naturally present in wine, showed a decrease of 44 % after twelve months of bottle storage. Yellowness (b*) was higher in the 30 mg/750 mL at T9 compared to the other samples. Lightness (L*) showed a decrement of 11 %, while a* (redness) increased by 21 % from T1 to T12. After T6, the wine fortified with 120 mg/750 mL was preferred by the sensory panel; however, it was the only sample to be clustered by the panel at T9 and "red fruits," "spicy", and "astringency" sensory attributes played an important role in this separation.

Old Wine in New Bottles, or Novel Challenges? A Labour History Perspective on Digital Labour

Abstract A growing body of literature is challenging techno-fetishistic perspectives on digital capitalism, as well as claims of the start of a new era characterized by total automation. This article contributes to the ongoing debate on the implications of digital technology for the future of labour by reading Moritz Altenried's The Digital Factory (2022) through the lens of labour history. The use of digital factory and digital Taylorism as integrative tools significantly improves empirical evaluations of different digital labour environments. However, because of their high degree of abstraction, there are a number of limitations when applying these concepts to describe wildly disparate work environments. To illustrate these limits, I use examples from twentieth-century debates on technology and work autonomy, and (1) argue that a labour history perspective warns us against overgeneralizing the effects of technology on labour control and worker autonomy, and (2) broaden the discussion to larger issues of labour control before and during digitalization, incorporating new theoretical questions such as our understanding of classical Taylorism and, by extension, capitalism.

State of the International Wine Markets in 2023. The wine market at a crossroads: Temporary or structural challenges?

The global wine trade experienced a decline in volume and value in 2023 due to reduced real incomes, post-pandemic overstocking, and shifting consumer preferences. Non-sparkling red wines were more affected than sparkling wines, white wines and wines in bag-in-box formats, with notable declines in non-sparkling bottled wine imports across major markets. Despite this, an exceptionally low wine harvest in 2023 prevented a global oversupply. Regionally, some countries and appellations face an imbalance where grape supply exceeds demand due to misalignment with current consumption trends. The critical question for the wine sector is whether these declines are due to temporary factors, structural changes, or a combination of both. Excessive inventories accumulated in the post-pandemic period suggest a temporary decline in trade. However, there are growing concerns about changing consumption habits, particularly among younger consumers in Europe and the US. The relative influence of these factors remains uncertain. Premium wines still enjoy demand among traditional aficionados, but there is a clear shift in consumer preferences towards more refreshing products, including white wines, sparkling wines, and low-alcohol wines. To address these challenges, the wine industry must innovate and adapt its regulatory framework to support consumer-oriented innovation and diversified portfolios. The global wine industry is at a pivotal transition point, requiring a strategic response to evolving consumer preferences to maintain its market position.

Responsibility Gaps and Technology: Old Wine in New Bottles?

Responsibility Gaps and Technology: Old Wine in New Bottles?

Wine Volatilome as Affected by Tartaric Stabilization Treatments: Cold Stabilization, Carboxymethylcellulose and Metatartaric Acid.

The primary cause of bottled wine sediment is tartrate crystal precipitation. To prevent this, wines undergo a stabilization process before bottling. The most commonly used method is cold stabilization, which induces the precipitation of tartrate crystals that are then removed, thereby eliminating the excess ions that cause instability in wine. Another approach to tartaric stabilization is using enological stabilizers with a colloid protective effect, which prevents the formation of tartrate crystals. The most commonly used tartaric stabilizers are sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and metatartaric acid. However, both have drawbacks: they are semi-synthetic products, and metatartaric acid degrades over time, losing its stabilizing effect. This study aims to compare the effects of cold stabilization, stabilization with CMC, and metatartaric acid on the chemical composition, particularly the volatilome, of white, rosé, and red wines. Cold stabilization significantly impacted the wine volatilome, especially in white and rosé wines, by decreasing total alcohols and increasing total esters. It also reduced the color intensity of rosé and red wines by lowering monomeric anthocyanins. In contrast, enological stabilizers had minimal impact on the wines' phenolic composition, chromatic characteristics, and volatilome. The sensory impact of cold stabilization is complex; it can potentially enhance the aroma of white and rosé wines by increasing ester VOCs and decreasing higher alcohols, but it negatively affects the color of rosé and red wines.

Old wine in new bottle

Old wine in new bottle

Understanding the influence of wine labeling attributes on consumer’s buying decision: a study in Turkey

PurposeThe aim of this study is to investigate, in the Turkish market, the elements on the front and back labels of wine bottles depicting the characteristics of the wines and their impact on the purchasing decisions of wine consumers in Turkey.Design/methodology/approachThe questionnaire consisted of 24 items that used a five-point Likert scale. Data were collected through a self-administered online survey completed by 340 participants. Following exploratory factor analysis with principal component analysis and varimax rotation, the number of factors was reduced to six: front and back-label consumer experiences, front label design elements, intrinsic cue information, back-label contents, storage/flavor profile and health warnings. The final section of the questionnaire presented five digitally designed front and back labels and asked participants to indicate their preferences.FindingsThe results indicated that reading/checking the front and back labels on wine bottles was more important than all other factors. Turkish consumers generally prefer traditional front label designs, while female consumers are more open to contemporary designs compared to male consumers. Back-label designs with more information are generally more acceptable, although female consumers with good wine knowledge may not consider food pairing, storage, or service information.Research limitations/implicationsThis research was designed only based on the elements of the front and back labels. The research should expand to include packaging characteristics such as bottle shape, bottle closure, price, and situational use.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study offer valuable insights for Turkish wine producers aiming to enhance their marketing strategies by customizing their wine label designs to better align with the market.Originality/valueThis study is the preliminary study to investigate Turkish consumers purchasing decisions based on the front- and back-label characteristics by using both verbal and visual elements.

Turning Adversity into a Bottle of Wine: Black Women Wine Industry Entrepreneurs and Capital

Turning Adversity into a Bottle of Wine: Black Women Wine Industry Entrepreneurs and Capital

Digital propaganda is not simply propaganda in digital garb: toward an expanded theory of propaganda

Abstract Drawing on a critical review of the existing literature on computational propaganda and disinformation, and employing a three-stage process—addressing the “New Wine in Old Bottles” problem, extracting foundational concepts, and constructing a four-pillar framework—this article proposes an expanded theory of propaganda. The theory posits that digital propaganda is shaped by four key dimensions: politico-economic, sociocultural, technological, and socio-psychological, further delineated by the forces of commodification, privatization, connectivity, and virality. Broadening the analytical scope, it encompasses intricate interactions among politics, content, actors, platforms, and goals, recognizing the dynamic complexities inherent in the digital landscape. Furthermore, it sheds light on how commercial interests impact the production and dissemination of propaganda, offering insights into the propagation of popular ideologies such as patriotism and populism. This advances the understanding of digital propaganda’s pervasive impact on political discourse and societal attitudes, encouraging broader global research beyond a focus on state actors.