Wine Tourism

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

• The lecture series discusses the traditional and modern wine production in Europe from
  a geo-science perspective. The interdisciplinary study approach includes geography, geology, climate, relief, soil cover and environmental diversity in the principal viticulture geographical areas (Caucasus, Crimea, Balkan, Mediterranean, Central/Eastern Europe)
• The course is structured by the specific wine-growing regions in terms of the local wine history from the antiquity to present times and geographic environmental background
• Applications and relevance of the particular wine cultivation conditions and geographies for ecology management, eno-tourism and sustainable development.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

• Basic orientation and knowledge in geography and environmental studies
• The lectures are recommended to students of geosciences, biology, ecology, tourism and international socio-economic and cultural studies
• Student’s ppt. presentations on chosen topics related to the lecture themes (in English).

 

Syllabus

Week 1:                        Introduction: Wine and environment (background, significance)

Week 2:                        History of wine production, Viticulture                

Week 3:                        Environmental context of wine production (geography, climate)

Week 4:                        Environmental context of wine production (geology, soils, hydrology)

Week 5:                        Wine and geography: Caucasus (Armenia, Gruzia)

Week 6:                        Wine and geography: Crimea and Kuban

Week 7:                        Wine and geography: Aegean region (Greece, Turkey)

Week 8:                        Wine and geography: Mediterranean region (Spain, Italy)

Week 9:                        Wine and geography: Central Europe 1 (Moravia/Czech Republic)

Week 10:          Wine and geography: Central Europe 2 (Austria, Hungary, Slovenia)

Week 11:          Wine and geography: Atlantic region (France, UK)

Week 12:          Wine and cultural heritage

Week 13:          Environmental management and modern wine industry

Week 14:          Wine and sustainable development, World eno-tourism

Week 15:          Selected thematic lectures / Students’ presentations

Reading list

Baixauli-Gimenez, J., Debón, A., Cervelló-Royo, R., & Domenech, J. (2025). Turning tastes into trends: the power of enotourism in boosting wineries’ popularity. Applied Economics, 1-18.

Bisson. L.F. et  al. (2002). Present and future of the international wine industry. Nature 418, 696-699.

Dougherty, P.H. (2012). The Geography of Wine: Regions, Terroir and Techniques. Springer, 245p.

Getz, D. (2000). Explore Wine Tourism: Management, Development and Destinations. Univ. of Calgary.

Gladstones, J. (1992). Viticulture and Environment. Wine Titles. Underdale. 310p.

Greenough, J. et al. (2005). Geology and Wine. Geoscience Canada 32(3), https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/2712

Hall, C.M. et al. (2009). Wine tourism around the world: development, management and markets, Oxford Press, 348p.

Maltaman, A. (2008). The Role of Vineyard Geology in Wine Typicity. Journal of Wine Research 19(1), 1-17. Nelson, M. (2006). The barbarian’s Beverage: A history of Beer in Ancient Europe. Taylor & Francis Press.

Taber, G.M. (2009). In Search of Bacchus: Wanderings in the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism. Simon & Schuster Press.

White, R.E. (2003). Soils for Fine Wines. Oxford University Press. 283p.

Winfree, J., McIntosh, C., & Nadreau, T. (2018). An economic model of wineries and enotourism. Wine Economics and Policy, 7(2), 88-93.