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The present and future of the international wine industry

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Wine production is both art and science, a blend of individual creativity and innovative technology. But wine production is also business, with economic factors driving manufacturing practices. To be successful in the modern marketplace, a winemaker must integrate the artistic and economic aspects of wine production, and possess a solid understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that underlie purchase motivation.

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Figure 1: Changes in total consumption of wine by country over the past three decades.
Figure 2: Changes in market share by region of production.
Figure 3: Flavour profiles of four inexpensive Chardonnay wines.

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    Linda F. Bisson, Andrew L. Waterhouse, Susan E. Ebeler & M. Andrew Walker

  2. UC Davis Extension, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, 95616-8749, California, USA

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