CASES: The California Wine Cluster‚ HBS Case: 9-799-124 ASSIGNMENTS: 1. Why has California emerged as one of the leading wine – producing regions in the world? It was Californian first vintners in California who began cultivating grapes for use in sacramental wines in the mid-to-late 1700s. In the 1830s and 1840s the first commercial vineyards were established. Vintners survived by making grape juice and sacramental or medicinal wines. 2. How was California able to upgrade from producing
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Wine tasting 1. Sight A glass of wine is more than simply the sum of its tastes‚ wine can give pleasure to all of our senses except one… The first thing to do is examine the colour of the wine. Pour into a clear glass and examine the shade or hue of the wine in the light‚ against a white background if possible. Is the wine opaque or transparent? The wine should be transparent‚ if a wine has some kind of opacity or turbidity this could indicate that it is pricked. The hue of the wine
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red wine. Malbec has plenty of characteristics. It is dark‚ blue-black‚ and purple in color. It has the ripe fruit flavors of plums‚ black cherry and blackberry. Some other characters include Smokey‚ earthy‚ leathery‚ wild game‚ tobacco and white/black pepper along with a high profile spices that make for an interesting melody of aromas and flavors. It contains a lot of acid and is higher in tannin and alcohol levels. The layers of complexity and uniqueness makes it a one of the best red wines. Today
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Wine is known to be an extremely versatile and malleable food source. It has the ability to please both the palette as well as the intellect. There are countless varietals of wine‚ including the ever exotic Eiswein‚ or as it is more commonly known as Ice Wine. The production of Ice Wine requires very specific parameters. So much so that it cannot be produced in most countries. Only some of the coldest climates can yield Ice Wine. Two of which are Canada and Germany. These two produce about 75 percent
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High quality premium wines produced by France‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Chile and Argentina. In the past years‚ Demand increased for premium wines‚ while consumption of inexpensive‚ lower quality wine had fallen. As a result of changes in consumption patterns‚ Europe had created a great deal of excess capacity‚ while wineries of the new world (South America) continued to increase vineyard acreage in response to strong demand for high quality wines. The size of the global wine industry was estimated
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German wine industry vocabulary 1. Briefly discuss the AP number. (5) All Qualitätsweine bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Qualitätsweine mit Prädikat (QmP)‚ including Sekt have to carry an AP number. AP stands for Amtliche Prüfnumber and means quality control number. It proves that a wine has undergone and passed various tasting and analytical tests and its origin has been established to the board’s satisfaction. When a producer pertains for an AP number‚ samples of the wine are kept by the
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Uncorking China’s Wine Market: Knowledge@Wharton (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2898) Uncorking China’s Wine Market Published : January 03‚ 2012 in Knowledge@Wharton Although China’s bustling metropolises and staid Bordeaux may seem worlds apart‚ the two are becoming increasingly intertwined. Indeed‚ China recently overtook the traditional strongholds of Germany and the United Kingdom to become Bordeaux’s largest export destination. This transformation is particularly
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Competition in the Global Wine Industry: A U.S. Perspective Murray Silverman Professor of Management College of Business San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco‚ CA 94132 Phone: 415-338-7489 Fax: 415-338-0501 Email: msilver@sfsu.edu Richard Castaldi Professor of Management College of Business San Francisco State University Phone: 415-338-2829 Fax: 415-338-0501 Email: castaldi@sfsu.edu Sally Baack Assistant Professor of Management
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consumption of red wine is a much more healthful drink compared to all other alcoholic beverages. This paper examines red wine and the daily consumption of red wine as a health related behavior. The paper proposes that the daily consumption of red wine is a health benefit for individuals in that it lowers the risk of heart disease‚ prevents the development of Alzheimer’s disease‚ and slows the aging process. There are some reservations regarding the daily consumption of red wine such as the risk
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Wine is a symbol of status in the early years of settlements. Only the rich could afford it because of the extreme distances it had to become transported. Once wine became more readily available‚ it was given as gifts. Many factors contributed to the increase in wine production‚ factors that include the presence of a grape vine‚ availability of cereal crops (which is also needed for beer) and pottery advancements. Plato‚ a famous philosopher‚ saw drinking and symposion in a different light than others
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