Wine Price Factors

Question 1

What are the main factors that affect wine costs?

Answer 1

Production costs
Packaging
Transportation/Distribution
Taxes
Retailers
Market forces

Question 2

What are the factors of production costs?

Answer 2

Grape growing - land, grapes themselves, region, soil, etc.

Winemaking - equipment, maturation, barrelling, etc.

Question 3

What are the 3 types of wine producers?

Answer 3

Co-operative - owned by many members (common in Europe)
Merchants - buys grapes, juice, or wine from other growers
Estates - make wine only from their own grapes (usually smaller scale)