Special Issue "Sustainable Wine and Beverage Tourism"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Gergely Szolnoki
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Guest Editor
Department of Wine and Beverage Business Research, Geisenheim University, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany
Interests: wine; beverages; food; consumer behaviour; organic wines; wine tourism; international wine markets; beverages and social media; consumer and market research
Dr. Joanna Fountain
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Department of Tourism, Sport and Society, Faculty of Environment Society and Design, Lincoln University, Christchurch/Lincoln 7647, New Zealand
Interests: wine; food; agri-tourism; consumer behavior; food and wine tourism; community resilience
Prof. Dr. Raul Compes Lopez
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Guest Editor
Department of Economy and Social Sciences, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain
Interests: economic development; tourism; climate change; international trade; wine; agricultural policy
Mr. Maximilian Tafel
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Guest Editor
Department of Landscape Planning and Nature Conservation, Geisenheim University, Geisenheim 65366, Germany
Interests: rural development; agro-biodiversity; wine; rural tourism; wine tourism

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Developing sustainable wine tourism has become a key factor for many wineries and wine-growing regions worldwide in recent decades, and a number of academic studies on this topic have been published. Some of these papers deals with the role of wine tourism to sustaining regional economies and businesses through diversified income streams, while other studies explore the sustainability of wine tourism itself.  Sustainable tourism itself is a multifaceted term, which has been defined in various ways, depending on the main topic of research. As has been outlined by Portrais and Getz (2006, p. 427) “sustainable wine tourism will depend on identification and management of unique issues pertaining to the resources used (i.e., the land and water, labor, capital, and infrastructure inputs necessary for grape growing and wine making), specific forms of wine tourism development (e.g., visitor facilities and events at wineries, wine-themed interpretation and information centers, wine museums, wine-themed villages, wine country tours), and the specific impacts caused by wine-related tourism (such as increased traffic on rural roads, development of services and facilities in agricultural areas, and new and increased spending patterns)”. Thus, a sustainable wine tourism system will include many stakeholders—wine producers, regional wine and tourism associations, tour operators, hospitality and accommodation providers, and wine region residents, including employees within the sector—and a range of economic, ecological, social, cultural and political resources. A wide range of disciplinary approaches can also be brought to the study of sustainable wine tourism, including marketing and consumer behavior, environmental management, human geography, and economics.

The goal of this Special Issue is to explore the concept of “sustainability” as it relates to wine tourism and the “pillars”—economic, sociocultural, and environmental—that constitute a sustainable wine tourism system. The interaction of the many elements of the system—from wine producers to wine tourists themselves—are critical to its sustainability, and the concept can be assessed at the level of the individual winery, the wine region, or nation as a whole. Papers acknowledging the current context of COVID-19 are of interest, although papers researched pre-, during or post-COVID-19 will also be considered for this Special Issue. We also welcome papers that consider sustainability issues in the context of other alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, cider, whisky). We encourage the submission of papers on the following topics, or similar:

  • Wine tourism as a tool for regional resilience;
  • Preserving regional heritage through wine tourism;
  • Sharing alternative farming practices through wine tourism;
  • Food culture and sustainable wine tourism;
  • Wine tourism and biodiversity and biosecurity;
  • Sustainable wine festivals and events;
  • Training and sustaining a wine tourism workforce;
  • Social sustainability and wine tourism;
  • Sustaining destinations through wine tourism;
  • Organic farming and wine tourism;
  • Innovation and wine tourism;
  • Consumer demand for sustainable wine tourism;
  • Wine tourism in a time of global pandemic.

Prof. Dr. Gergely Szolnoki
Dr. Joanna Fountain
Prof. Dr. Raul Compes Lopez
Mr. Maximilian Tafel
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • wine
  • alcoholic beverages
  • food
  • gastronomy
  • festivals and events
  • hospitality
  • heritage
  • rural development
  • destination management
  • organic farming
  • biodiversity
  • biosecurity
  • innovation
  • COVID-19

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Impact of Climate Change on Wine Tourism: An Approach through Social Media Data
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7489; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137489 - 05 Jul 2021
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Wine tourism is one of the best opportunities for rural development, but because it is partially exposed to climatic conditions, it is a climate-vulnerable tourism activity. However, an understanding of the potential impacts of global climate change on this popular activity remains limited. [...] Read more.
Wine tourism is one of the best opportunities for rural development, but because it is partially exposed to climatic conditions, it is a climate-vulnerable tourism activity. However, an understanding of the potential impacts of global climate change on this popular activity remains limited. This study proposes a new methodology that combines current daily gridded climate data from the E-OBS project with big spatiotemporal data from the Flickr photo-sharing platform through a generalized additive model This methodology was implemented to study the potential impacts on tourism flows due to climate change and to make predictions about the future using data from the CMIP5 project. We applied the methodology to 5 European wine tourism regions: Alsace (FR), Chianti (IT), La Rioja (SP), Langhe-Monferrato (IT), and Moselle (DE). Results show an increased probability of presence and increased deseasonalization of tourism in all study areas and an anticipation of peak presence from summer to spring in three of the five regions. We believe that these results can be useful for public and private stakeholders to adapt the offer of wine tourism services to changes in demand and to direct the organization of events such as festivals and thematic tours. Full article
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