ABSTRACT

Wine tourism or enotourism or oenotourism or winery tourism or vinitourism is a special interest tourism that empowers local culture and spawns business opportunities for the local community. The comprehensive Routledge Handbook of Wine Tourism offers a thorough inquiry into both regular and emerging issues of wine tourism.

Modern wine tourism extends beyond the mere cultivation of grapes and the production and selling of wine. The Routledge Handbook of Wine Tourism examines the complex interplay of market profiling, sustainable regional development, and innovative experiential marketing constructs which, when successful, contribute to the growth and sustainable evolution of global wine tourism. This handbook examines how the success of various enotourism events such as vineyard visits, winery tours, wine festivals and wine trails can stimulate the development of wine-producing regions and territories.

Incorporating the latest philosophies and research themes, this handbook will be an essential reference for students, researchers, academics and industry practitioners of hospitality and tourism, gastronomy, management, marketing, cultural studies, development studies, international business and for encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries.

part I|103 pages

Setting the scene for wine tourism

part II|107 pages

Profiling and segmentation of the wine tourism market

chapter 12|17 pages

Wine tourism's institutional framework and governing system

Evidence from Portugal and six international reference markets as benchmarks

chapter 15|14 pages

The emerging wine tourist

Perspectives of multicultural, first-time winery visitors

chapter 16|11 pages

Senior travelers and wine tourism experience

Opportunities of an evolving market segment

part III|104 pages

Wine tourism as an instrument for regional development

chapter 17|12 pages

Wine tourism

A story rooted in place

chapter 19|15 pages

Wine tourism development

From the host community's perspective

chapter 20|13 pages

Winery owners' perceptions and motivations towards wine tourism

Discourses of winery owners in Langhe, North Italy

chapter 21|11 pages

Wine tourism in rural Japan

An integrated development instrument

chapter 22|14 pages

Wine tourism gentrification

Transforming rural agricultural regions in the USA

chapter 24|10 pages

From wine to vermouth

Events as guardians of the territory

part IV|95 pages

New approaches and practices in wine tourism marketing

chapter 25|16 pages

Marketing destinations through wine tourism

Using the example of developing wine tourism in Austria

chapter 27|12 pages

The emergence of a new wine tourism field

Entrepreneurial struggles

chapter 29|10 pages

Folk wine festivals in Italy

A grassroots strategy for developing wine tourism

chapter 30|14 pages

Matching business travel with wine tourism

The case of the canton of Grisons, Switzerland

chapter 31|15 pages

Memorability, satisfaction, and intention to recommend to others

A segmentation-based study of winery visitors in Australia

part V|129 pages

The wine tourism experience

chapter 34|12 pages

The taste of experience

The sensitivities of wine tourists

chapter 39|14 pages

The Louise

A luxury wine hotel experience in the vineyards

chapter 40|11 pages

Markers, benefits, and pitfalls of authenticity in wine tourism

A case study in Melnik, Bulgaria

chapter 42|10 pages

Wine routes and trails vis-à-vis wine tourism

Experiences and examples from Slovenia

part VI|87 pages

Innovations and technological advancements in wine tourism

part VII|99 pages

Terroir sustainability and cultural constructs in wine tourism

chapter 51|12 pages

The fluidity of terroir

The delusion of sustainability and authenticity in wine tourism

chapter 52|13 pages

Sustainable wine tourism

The case for natural wines

chapter 57|7 pages

Conclusion

Uncorking the emerging realms for wine tourism research