The Globalization of Wine is a one-stop guide to understanding wine across the world today. Examining a broad range of developments in the wine world, it considers the social, cultural, economic, political and geographical dimensions of wine globalization. It investigates how large-scale changes in production, distribution and consumption are transforming the wine that we drink.
Comprehensive background discussion is complemented by vivid case study chapters from a variety of international contributors. Many different countries and regions are covered, including China, the USA and Hong Kong, as are key themes, debates and controversies in contemporary wine worlds.
Innovative, up-to-date and interdisciplinary, The Globalization of Wine illustrates the diversity and complexity of wine globalization processes across the planet, both in the past and at the present time.
It is essential reading for academics and students in food and drink studies, sociology, anthropology, globalization studies, geography and cultural studies. It also provides a jargon-free resource for wine professionals and connoisseurs.
List of Contributors 1. Introduction: The Travels and Tendencies of Wine David Inglis (University of Exeter, UK) and Anna-Mari Almila (University of the Arts London, UK) 2.Wine Globalization: Longer-term Dynamics and Contemporary Patterns David Inglis (University of Exeter, UK) 3.Reflexive Imbrications: Burgundy and the Globalization of Terroir Marion Demossier (University of Southampton, UK) 4. Building and Sustaining Legitimacy in an Emerging Wine Region: The Case of North Carolina, USA Ian Malcolm Taplin (Forest University, USA) 5. From Post-Socialist to Pre-EU: The Globalized Transformation of the Republic of Macedonia’s Wine Industry Justin Otten (University of Kent, UK) 6. Globalization and Reputation Dynamics: The Case of Bordeaux Wines Pierre-Marie Chauvin (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) 7. Fluid Modernity: Wine in China Bjorn Kjellgren (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) 8. The Globalization of the Wine Industry in Hong Kong: A Local and Global Perspective Hang Kei Ho (University of York, UK) 9. Enduring Wine and the Global Middle Class Peter J. Howland (University, New Zealand) 10. Natural Wine and the Globalization of a Taste for Provenance, Jennifer Smith Maguire 11. Wine, Women and Globalization: The Case of Female Sommeliers Anna-Mari Almila (University of the Arts London, UK) Bibliography Index
David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Anna-Mari Almila is Research Fellow at the University of the Arts London, UK.
Reviews for The Globalization of Wine
This book shows us that the art, science, and business of wine continues to grow new branches of globalization - thus creating new histories to explore and new trends to look forward to. -- Bailey McAlister, Georgia State University, USA
