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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale interateneo in Viticulture, enology and wine marketing - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Sustainable wine management - APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE WINE INDUSTRY (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S008494
Academic staff
Credits
5
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
AGR/01 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL
Period
Not yet assigned
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Learning outcomes
The Sustainable Wine Management course aims at examining the contexts, the specificities and the approaches to sustainability and sustainable development within the wine sector.
Knowledge.
The first module of the course (Approaches to sustainability in the wine industry) will provide students with advanced knowledge on sustainable practices for wine in the context of firms and supply chains. The course will also provide knowledge on voluntary sustainability standards at the national and international levels.
The second module (Sustainable Wine Market Analysis and Perspectives) will focus on providing students with knowledge about the sustainability strategies implemented in the wine sector, the different managerial motivations to include sustainability goals among business and supply chain objectives. In addition, knowledge will be provided regarding the interest of consumers for sustainability issues in the wine sector.
Skills.
At the end of the course, the student will acquire the ability to apply sustainability principles in corporate strategies, to take advantage of the sustainable practices adopted, and will be able to use sustainability as a strategic lever in wine businesses, wine supply chain, and wine clusters.
Program
Program.
The module on Approaches to sustainability in the wine industry will cover the following topics:
- Sustainability as value for wine regions and wineries: introduction.
- Sustainable Wine Tourism
- Life Cycle Analysis of wine production at the different stages of the supply chain.
- Politics and governance of sustainable wine
- Implementing sustainability: main tools and programs. Certification schemes and the protocols at the national and international level.
- Market research for sustainable wine focusing on producers of sustainable wine: introduction and qualitative methods
- Case studies
Teaching methods.
The course includes: lectures using slides, in-depth seminars with the participation of experts, discussions with students, group work for deepening some specific issues and for a first application of the knowledge obtained to real cases.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Sandra Taylor | The Business of Sustainable Wine (Edizione 1) | board and bench publishing | 2017 | 978-1-935879-30-5 |
Examination Methods
Examination method:
The final exam is based on oral examination aimed at ascertaining the achievement of the training objectives of the course.In particular, the exam will be articulated in a set of open questions to verify the acquisition of knowledge about the topics in the course.The evaluation will take into consideration both the level of knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories and practices covered by the course, and the capacity for critical analysis and discussion on these topics.
