ANNOUNCEMENTS for the
Vineyard Data Quantification Society and other related organizations
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:
- The Liquid Assets Prize of the AAEW/VDQS was awarded to Peter Roberts (Emory University) for
"Critical Exposure and P-Q Relationships for New World Wine in the US Market"
- The AAWE Prize was awarded to Paolo Buonanno (University of Bergamo)and Paolo Vanin (University of Padova) for
"Bowling Alone, Drinking Together"
- The VDQS Prize was awarded to Carole Maurel (University of Avignon) for
"Determinants of Export Performance in SME's: The Case of the French Wine Industry"
- The François Rabelais Award of SQG was awarded to George E. Johnson (University of Michigan) for
"Petit-Déjeuner Compris: Is It Free?"
At the 2006 Meetings of VDQS, the following prize was awarded for papers:
- The Liquid Assets Prize was awarded to Jan Bentzen and Valdemar Smith (Aarhus School of Economics, Denmark) for
"Did the U.S. Boycott of French and German Wines Have Any Effects?"
At the 2005 Meetings of VDQS, three prizes were awarded for papers:
- The Vérone d'Oenométrie-Domini Veneti Prize was awarded to Maurizio (Ciasco) Ciaschini (University of Macerata) for "Wine within Interindustry Interactions,"
to Michele Cincela (Université Libre de Bruxelles) for "Science and Technology Development in the Vineyards: Linking Area of S&T Production to Comparative Advantages in Trade Performance," and to Pierre Combris (INRA, France)
for "Willingness to Pay for 'Appellation of Origin' in the World Chardonnay War: An Experimental Study."
- The Local (Macerata) Prize was awarded to Laetitia Garcia (Université d'Avignon) for "Les produits climatiques: de outils de gestion des risques agricoles?"
- The Liquid Assets Prize was awarded to Andrea Morrison (Universitá di Piemonte Orientale) for "Knowledge Dissemination and Informal Contacts in an Italian Wine Local System"
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"
