ANNOUNCEMENTS for the
Vineyard Data Quantification Society and other related organizations


Please note the American Association of Wine Economists and its official journal, the Journal of Wine Economics.

Abbreviations used below:
  • VDQS = Vineyard Data Quantification Society;
  • AAWE = American Association of Wine Economists;
  • SQG = Society of Quantitative Gastronomy

Announcing the Second Annual Conference of AAWE

The Conference will be held in Portland, OR, August 14-16, 2008 in conjunction with the Association of Food Economists. Abstracts of papers should be submitted by March 30 to jwe@whitman.edu. For more information, click here.

Announcing the 2008 Meetings of VDQS

The 2008 Meetings will take place in Collioure (France), on May 28-30. A special session will be devoted to the effects of global warming. See the VDQS website for more details.

At the 2007 Meetings of VDQS, the following prizes were awarded for papers:

At the 2006 Meetings of VDQS, the following prize was awarded for papers:

At the 2005 Meetings of VDQS, three prizes were awarded for papers:

At the 2004 Meetings of VDQS, three prizes were awarded for papers:

  • The Vérone d'Oenométrie-Domini Veneti Prize was awarded to Silvia Gatti (University of Bologna) and Frederico Maroni (Italy) for "A profile of wine tourists in some Italian region vineyards: an application of the multiple correspondence analysis"
  • The Burgundy Prize was awarded to Gregory W. Jones (Souther Oregon University), Michael White (Utah State University) and Owen Cooper (University of Colorado) for "Climate change and global wine quality and production"
  • The Liquid Assets Prize was awarded to Michaël Visser (INRA–France) for "The impact of gurus: Parker grades and en primeur wine prices," with Héla Jadj Ali (INRA) and Sébastien Lecocq (INRA)

At the 2003 Meetings of VDQS, three prizes were awarded for papers:

  • The Vérone d'Oenométrie-Domini Veneti Prize was awarded to Carol Doucet (ENITA de Bordeaux and Université de Bordeaux IV) for a paper entitled "Espaces viticoles, espaces ruraux, espaces périphériques? Les dynamiques spatiales de l’économie viticole de Bordeaux" and to Günter Schamel (Humboldt University, Berlin) for "A dynamic analysis of regional and producer reputation for California wine"
  • The Liquid Assets Prize was awarded to O. A. Kym Anderson (University of Adelaide) for a paper (jointly with D. Wood) "What determines the future value of an icon wine? Evidence from Australia"
  • The Vinum Hungarorum Prize was awarded to Simone Müller (University of Dresden) for the paper "The German wine law from an information economics point of view"

At the 2002 Meetings of VDQS, three prizes were awarded for papers:

  • The Vérone d'Oenométrie-Domini Veneti Prize was awarded to Héla Hadj Ali for a paper entitled "Vente en primeur et investissement: une étude sur les grands crus de Bordeaux"
  • The Ville de Montpellier Prize was awarded to Florence Livat for a paper entitled "Vins de Bordeaux: où sont les marchés"
  • The Liquid Assets Prize was awarded to Karl Storchman for a paper entitled "Asymetric information and markets in transition: vineyard auctions in the Mosel valley after the French Revolution"

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