{"id":95,"date":"2015-10-27T18:47:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbd.ase.ro\/?p=95"},"modified":"2015-10-27T18:47:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:47:10","slug":"would-the-niagara-region-benefit-from-specialising-in-riesling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbd.ase.ro\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Would the Niagara Region Benefit from Specialising in Riesling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- coins metadata inserted by kblog-metadata -->\n<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=kblog-metadata.php&amp;rft.title=Would+the+Niagara+Region+Benefit+from+Specialising+in+Riesling%3F&amp;rft.source=International+Conference+on+Marketing+and+Business+Development&amp;rft.date=2015-10-27&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mbd.ase.ro%2F%3Fp%3D95&amp;rft.au=Federico+Guillermo+Topolansky+Barbe&amp;rft.au=Andrea+Fujarczuk&amp;rft.au=Magdalena+Maria+Gonzalez+Triay&amp;rft.format=text&amp;rft.language=English\"><\/span><h4>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Title<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><meta name=\"citation_title\" content=\"Would the Niagara Region Benefit from Specialising in Riesling?\"\/>Would the Niagara Region Benefit from Specialising in Riesling?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Author<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><meta name=\"citation_author\" content=\"Federico Guillermo Topolansky Barbe\"\/>Federico Guillermo Topolansky Barbe, <meta name=\"citation_author\" content=\"Andrea Fujarczuk\"\/>Andrea Fujarczuk, <meta name=\"citation_author\" content=\"Magdalena Maria Gonzalez Triay\"\/>Magdalena Maria Gonzalez Triay<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_publication_date\" content=\"2015\/07\/21\"\/><meta name=\"citation_journal_title\" content=\"International Conference on Marketing and Business Development Journal\"\/><meta name=\"citation_volume\" content=\"I\"\/><meta name=\"citation_issue\" content=\"1\"\/><meta name=\"citation_firstpage\" content=\"57\"\/><meta name=\"citation_lastpage\" content=\"67\"\/><meta name=\"citation_place_published\" content=\"Bucharest, Romania\"\/><meta name=\"citation_publisher\" content=\"Bucharest University of Economic Studies Publishing House\"\/><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Classification JEL <\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_classification_jel\" content=\"M31\"\/>M31<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_abstract\" content=\"The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the current business strategy of the Niagara wine region and determine whether it would be more advantageous for the area to specialise in the Riesling grape variety. Questionnaires were administered to a range of different types of experts with a specialty in wine. Quantitative data from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario supplemented the core interviews. The results of this study indicate that differentiation through specialisation is the best strategy to develop the Niagara wine region. However, the structure of the wine industry encourages wineries to produce a vast array of grape varieties to cater to the needs of the domestic market. This has resulted in a loss of identity for the region. Though because Niagara Riesling is differentiable, world class, the most consistently awarded grape and unreproducible elsewhere, it is the prime candidate to become the representative grape for the region. By developing the Niagara style of Riesling and focusing on exporting small amounts of the variety, the region would benefit by developing an identity and increasing consumer confidence and sales.\"\/>The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the current business strategy of the Niagara wine region and determine whether it would be more advantageous for the area to specialise in the Riesling grape variety. Questionnaires were administered to a range of different types of experts with a specialty in wine. Quantitative data from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario supplemented the core interviews. The results of this study indicate that differentiation through specialisation is the best strategy to develop the Niagara wine region. However, the structure of the wine industry encourages wineries to produce a vast array of grape varieties to cater to the needs of the domestic market. This has resulted in a loss of identity for the region. Though because Niagara Riesling is differentiable, world class, the most consistently awarded grape and unreproducible elsewhere, it is the prime candidate to become the representative grape for the region. By developing the Niagara style of Riesling and focusing on exporting small amounts of the variety, the region would benefit by developing an identity and increasing consumer confidence and sales.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Keywords<\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><meta name=\"citation_Keywords\" content=\"Wine, Niagara, business strategy, competitiveness.\"\/>Wine, Niagara, business strategy, competitiveness.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Full Text: <meta name=\"citation_pdf_url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mbd.ase.ro\/RePEc\/aes\/icmbdj\/2015\/ICMBDJ_V1_2015_58.pdf\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbd.ase.ro\/RePEc\/aes\/icmbdj\/2015\/ICMBDJ_V1_2015_58.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 205);\">download pdf<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><strong>Cite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbd.ase.ro\/RePEc\/aes\/icmbdj\/2015\/ICMBDJ_V1_2015_58.ris\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">download citation<\/span><\/a> (for EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite)<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kcite-boilerplate\">Please cite this article as:\nFederico Guillermo Topolansky Barbe,Andrea Fujarczuk,Magdalena Maria Gonzalez Triay (2015) Would the Niagara Region Benefit from Specialising in Riesling?. <i>International Conference on Marketing and Business Development<\/i>.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbd.ase.ro\/?p=95\">https:\/\/www.mbd.ase.ro\/?p=95<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title Would the Niagara Region Benefit from Specialising in Riesling? 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