Beyond the cluster: how wine drives regional economy to success

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Beyond the cluster: how wine drives regional economy to success: "Oenopolis", the case of Rioja Mikel Larreina Ricardo Aguado Article information:To cite this document: Mikel Larreina Ricardo Aguado, (2008),"Beyond the cluster: how wine drives regional economy to success", Abstract Purpose -This paper aims to analyse how the economic impact of wine in producing regions can be measured. It also seeks to show the relationship between wine cluster performance and regional economic development, through the study of Rioja's recent success in both wine market and distribution of wealth. Design/methodology/approach -The paper uses the input-output analyses to estimate the economic impact of the wine cluster and its role in regional economy. The case of Rioja is taken as example of regions where wine is the driving economic force. Findings -The paper finds that Rioja wine cluster specificities may be the cause of the recent outperformance of Riojan economy, in which the wine cluster accounts for a fifth of regional GDP. The increase in wine sales in this region is simultaneous to the spread of welfare among the local population. Originality/value -The paper shows the extremely deep impact that changes in wine market may arise in wine producing regions' welfare, thus enabling wine sector's main actors to measure wine impact on regional economy.

Development Rooted on Riojan Soil: The Wine Cluster and Beyond

“…The socioeconomic role of wine in some regions has been a major issue for national and supranational institutions, and for the regions with large wine producing sectors [4,5]. The development of economic clusters around the wine sector has been studied in a number of approaches: some authors have measured the economic impact of wine in the producing regions [6,7], and others have conducted economic analysis of the wine sector itself [8].…”

Wineries' contribution to the local community: a stakeholder view

“…While there is agreement that the wine industry significantly contributes to the economy of many regions (e.g., Anderson et al, 2009;Larreina and Aguado, 2008;Rendleman et al, 2003), a relatively limited number of studies have examined wineries' contribution to the local community where they operate. This limitation is also noticed in the case of Italy, one of the world's leaders in wine production, consumption, and exports, as well as in the context of micro and small wineries, a very important group that represents the vast majority of enterprises, both in the European Union and elsewhere.…”

Economic and Financial Analysis of Rioja wine sector

“…Centrados en los diferentes estudios referentes a La Rioja, se recoge que es una región que exporta una tercera parte de los vinos que produce y que ha aumentado su superficie vinícola en un 35% en el período 1990-2008, con una importante reestructuración del sector en los últimos años, y el nacimiento de industrias auxiliares del vino (Acedo & Rodríguez, 2005) apostando por la innovación y los activos enoturísticos para mejorar sus resultados (Larreina & Aguado, 2008;Marzo, Pedraja & Vinzó, 2010;Gómez & Molina, 2012;López, Rodríguez & Vieira, 2013), de manera que el éxito económico del sector vitivinícola se relaciona directamente con el éxito económico de la región Rioja en el período indicado. Respecto a otras regiones,La Rioja tiene entre 18,000 y 20,000 proveedores de materia prima y más de 800 bodegas elaboradoras junto a diversas empresas auxiliares y de servicios ligadas al sector del vino, en una región que apenas supera los 300.000 habitantes (Larreina et al, 2011).…”