Wine Synthesis

Investigation of the geography of wines and viticulture has landed me among many facets of the economic and regional implications of the entire industry as a whole. As I aim to find the general association between region and quality, researching and contrasting the economic structure and the environmental structure of wine geography have been most helpful in my quest.
I will describe first, a strong article on the structure of wine production/economy in the U.S., an article from the scholarly Journal of Wine Research.
This particular article begins by describing the boom in the U.S. wine industry, fueled by the domination of few mass-market producers and many specialized vineyards. The phenomenon of this economic boom, surprisingly, wasn’t explored by geographers until the 1990’s, when the structure of the industry was displayed parallel to normal cycle of business progression. The newly found mass market aimed to create a greater consistency of grape yields, which focuse...