Wine Tourism Around the World: Development, Management and Markets [Hardcover]

C. Michael Hall (Editor), Liz Sharples (Editor), Brock Cambourne (Editor), Niki Macionis (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 2000

Wine tourism is a rapidly growing field of industry and academic interest with changes in the consumer markets in recent years, showing an enormous interest in 'experiential' travel. Wine Tourism Around the World is therefore an invaluable text for both students and practitioners alike and provides:

* the first comprehensive introduction to wine tourism from a business, social science and policy perspective
* an international perspective on wine tourism and includes detailed examples from Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the USA
* detailed information on the growth and development of wine tourism from both supply, demand, marketing and management perspectives



Academic researchers and students in tourism and hospitality fields, as well as anyone connected with the wine industry, will find this book an essential guide to understanding the global impacts of wine tourism and the consequent economic, social and environmental impacts and opportunities.

C.Michael Hall is based at the University of Otago in New Zealand and is Visiting Professor in the School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University. He has written widely on wine, food and rural tourism and has a major interest in cool-climate wine tourism.

Liz Sharples is a lecturer in the School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University. She has extensive practical and academic experience in the hospitality industry and has major research interests in the interrelationships between cuisine, tourism and rural production.

Brock Cambourne is the owner/operator of multiple tourism award winning National Capital Wine Tours and principal of Benchmark Tourism Consulting. He has researched and published extensively on wine and culinary tourism and is a member of the Australian National Wine Tourism Working Party.

Niki Macionis is a lecturer at the University of Canberra's Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism. Her graduate studies focussed on the development of wine tourism and she has researched and published extensively on wine and culinary tourism.



the first comprehensive introduction to wine tourism from a business and social science perspective
an international perspective on wine tourism including examples from around the world
detailed examination of the growth and development of wine tourism from both supply and demand perspectives

Editorial Reviews

Review

The intended audience is 'people in the wine and tourism industries' as well as 'students of the grape'. It seeks to position itself as an invaluable text for both students & practitioners alike. It is written by 'people who are interested & involved in wine from both an academic & business perspective'..... These contributors are drawn from six countries, in addition to England. Hence this is a complex blend with a strong international flavour. Their chosen blend is very diverse & ought to contain something for everyone with an interest in this field. The book is clearly laid out & contains an interesting mixture of illustrations, figures, tables & other statistical data.

Its international credentials are obvious & it does provide a solid introduction to a diverse subject. The contributions are both serious & relevant. They cover both academic & practical aspects of the field. It is a work that deserves to be consumed whilst young because of its relevance to a rapidly growing market.
Keith Johnson, Trinity and All Saints College, University of Leeds (forthcoming review in the International Journal of Hospitality Management)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 347 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition (April 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075064530X
• ISBN-13: 978-0750645300
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,236,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael is currently Professor in Marketing in the Department of Management, joining the department at the start of 2007. He is also currently Docent in the Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland; Visiting Professor in the Business School, Linneaus University, Kalmar, Sweden; and a Visiting Professor at the Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam, UK. He is also a frequent visitor to the Department of Social and Economic Geography, Umeå University (from which he received an honorary doctorate in 2008) and the School of Service Management at Lund Helsingborg campus, both in Sweden. He has also previously held positions at the University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, Massey University, University of Canberra and the University of New England. He has also previously been an Honorary Professor in the Department of Marketing, Stirling University, Scotland. His doctorate is in geography from the University of Western Australia, from which he also received an honours degree in politics. His masters is from the faculty of environmental studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada, in geography/resource management.

Michael has longstanding interests in tourism and voluntary temporary mobility, regional development, environmental history, and sustainability with current research dealing with such issues as place branding and marketing (including Santa Claus), power and policy making in tourism, steady-state and ecological economic perspectives on destinations and places, servicescapes, economic geography and tourism mobility, conservation and environmental and climate change, event impacts, international studies, and the use of tourism as an economic development and conservation mechanism. More recently he has been undertaking research on wine and food marketing and gastronomy, which has required strenuous research in the field, this is particularly focused on development of local economies, network relationships and social capital, food miles, biosecurity, and farmers markets. He is the author or editor of over 55 books as well as author of over 350 journal articles and book chapters and is active in a number of international research associations such as ATLAS and the IGU Tourism Commission.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Lack of integration lets potentially useful book down, January 2, 2001

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This review is from: Wine Tourism Around the World: Development, Management and Markets (Hardcover)

The editors make a great case for the development of wine tourism strategies at the winery, industry, regional and country level. In the introduction the authors note the importance of wine tourism for increasing consumer exposure to wine, building brand awareness, increased margins, a source of marketing intelligence and providing a means of educating consumers about wine. The authors also highlight the role of wine related tourism has played in introducing new consumers to `Old' and `New' world wine regions, and also note its role in building (or re-building) regional identity in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. This last point is particularly important given the recent findings by Areni, Duhan, and Keicker (1999) who found that an unknown or poorly viewed region could not effectively market itself using traditional point-of-sale or advertising strategies. The authors of the book provide a way out for a new or struggling wine region by arguing that wine tourism may provide a means by which consumers can reduce the risk of purchasing an unknown wine. Importantly, they note that the production of quality wine is still critical in winning over the consumer and that tourism activities will not provide a panacea for regions with unknown or poor reputations.

The book's greatest asset (and weakness) is it diversity. Combining the experiences of researchers from Australia, Canada, England, France, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA, the reader is treated to a global overview of wine tourism and the approaches different regions and countries have taken to developing wine tourism strategies. From case studies of regions / countries such as Texas, Napa Valley, Australia, France, and South Africa, to broader topics such as consumer behavior, network development, policy issues and product development, the book provides the reader with an in-depth introduction to the field of wine tourism.

Frochot's chapter on French wine tourism highlights the critical role of other tourism products such as history, environment, food, and culture and makes the important point that few people visit a wine region primarily or just to taste wine. Regions attract people by providing a range of experiences that add up to a `total service offering' (Gronroos, 1996). This chapter has implications for New World regions that may not be able to offer this level of experience. Dodd's chapter on increasing cellar door sales makes links with broader tourism and marketing literature in order to explain what influences cellar door visitors to purchase wine both during and after their visit. The strength of Dodd's approach is that by combining his own research with the wider literature to interpret his data. In doing so he highlights the importance of repeat visits, loyal customers and word-of-mouth referrals to a winery and region.

The chapter by Hall et al on regional development argues for the development of networks between wineries, tourism organizations, and other tourism attractions such as food producers and local government. It is a pity that they did not explore the mechanisms by which these networks could be formed in more detail. Like Dodd and Frochot, the importance of relationship marketing strategies that highlight the need to form alliances in order to provide customers with a total experience is apparent (although not made by the authors). The authors make a case for government to become more proactive in forming networks and providing research and information to the wineries on the benefits of wine tourism. However, this idea needs a more critical approach. For example early on in the book the same authors note that government has played a relatively minor role in New Zealand (compared to Australia) yet New Zealand has developed a number of successful wine tourism routes. The Milawa gourmet food route in Australia was also developed without significant help from government. In this case the vision and drive of Brown Brothers CEO Ross Brown has seen it become a reality. Finally the chapter on New Zealand wine tourism provides a good analysis of the consumer profiles of New Zealand visitors, although it is a pity that these were not integrated more closely with the chapter by Dodd as well as literature on consumer behavior and marketing.

Any book that contains a diverse range of chapters is always going to suffer from a lack of direction and cohesiveness. Whilst the diversity is a strength, it is also a weakness. The case studies are not fully integrated with the chapters on more general marketing and strategy issues (with the exception of Dodd), nor is the role of the cases made clear. The quality of the case studies also varies from the depth and integration of Dodd and Frochot to the less developed chapters on South Africa and a chapter on Vasse Felix that appears to be little more than an advertisement for the winery (although it had the potential to be so much more). The chapters also need to have a summary that highlights major points and lessons for practitioners. A final integrating chapter would also have been useful. Whilst the final chapter attempts to do so, I believe another chapter bringing together the various experiences around the world and drawing out key lessons would have been a valuable end to this book. The current structure suggests that the book is perhaps intended for an academic audience as opposed to a practitioner one (although I believe that this was not the intention). This book also suggests that the field is emerging as one worthy of study and as such it needs to find some direction. One way of doing this would be to integrate the findings with the general literature on wine marketing, services and relationship marketing, and business strategy. This approach would provide the authors with the means to integrate all their diverse data into a coherent whole that would highlight the importance of relationship marketing strategies in developing a sustainable and successful wine tourism strategy.

Michael Beverland, Director Wine Business Research, Edith Cowan University, Australia