Postgraduate Course: Wine, Environment and Society (PGGE11196)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The majority of MSc programmes taught by the School address, in one form or another, the interface between the environment and human society. This emphasis very much reflects the attention currently being paid in the social and political arena to how environmental changes are affecting, and will affect, society, and how societal practices are impacting, and will impact, on the environment. This course uses wine as a means of exploring specific issues at this interface and thereby demonstrates, through the specific circumstances and contingencies that apply to it, the complexities that exist across spatial and temporal scales in analysing prominent global issues such as climatic change, sustainability and development. As an agricultural product that has existed for millennia, and has acquired a considerable cultural significance in many societies, wine provides a particularly revealing lens through which to explore environment-society interactions.
In requiring an engagement with both natural sciences and social sciences/humanities approaches to knowledge and understanding, the course will provide experience of integrative and cross-disciplinary learning.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 26,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
170 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Through successful completion of the course, students will have demonstrated, or will be capable of demonstrating:
an understanding of the environmental, economic and cultural factors relevant to viticulture and wine production in different locations
2. an appreciation of the how viticulture and wine production can be used to explore issues of sustainability and rural development
3. an understanding of the notion of ¿placeness¿ embodied in the concept of terroir and its broader relevance in relation to regional and local economies, cultural landscapes and intellectual property law
4. an appreciation of the implications of recent and future climatic change for viticulture, wine production and environmental definitions of terroir
5. the ability to engage effectively with natural science and social science/humanities approaches to knowledge and understanding, and to comprehend and utilize both quantitative data and qualitative information in the critical analysis of issues explored in the course |
Assessment Information
| Short review (1000 words) of a small set of articles and/or book chapters (15%); student presentation (15%); extended essay (4000 words) (70%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
The course uses wine as a means of exploring a range of issues concerning societal interactions with the environment, including sustainability, development and climatic change. It spans both natural science and social science/humanities approaches to analyse the physical and biotic environmental factors affecting viticulture and wine production as well as the economic and cultural factors that are involved. The course will also examine the highly significant role that wine has played in the creation and elaboration of the concept of terroir, and its manifestation in intellectual property law through the notion of geographical indications. |
| Syllabus |
Wine as a basis for exploring environmental and societal issues; the historical context of viticulture, wine production and wine consumption; environmental controls over viticulture, traditions of wine-making practices; the concept of terroir; wine and globalisation; wine and climatic change; the cultural landscapes of viticulture; wine and sustainability; wine and rural development; geographical indications and the concept of terroir in intellectual property law. |
| Transferable skills |
¿ the interpretation, analysis and use of quantitative data and qualitative information
¿ synthesis and analysis across natural sciences and social sciences/humantities
¿ reviewing literature and information from a diverse range of sources and producing a concise synthesis and critical analysis thereof
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| Reading list |
Indicative reading:
Agdomar, M. 2007 Removing the Greek from feta and adding Korbel to champagne: the paradox of geographical indications in international law. Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal 18, 541-608.
Anderson, K., Norman, D. and Wittwer, G. 2003 Globalisation of the world¿s wine markets. World Economy 26, 659-687.
Banks, G. and Overton, J. 2010 Old World, New World, Third World? Reconceptualising the worlds of wine. Journal of Wine Research 21, 57-75.
Barham, E. 2003 Translating terroir: the global challenge of French AOC labelling. Journal of Rural Studies 19, 127-138.
Bek, D., McEwan, C. and Bek, K. 2007 Ethical trading and socioeconomic transformation: critical reflections on the South African wine industry. Environment and Planning A, 39, 301-319.
Bohmrich, R. 1996 Terroir: Competing perspectives on the roles of soil, climate and people. Journal of Wine Research 7, 33-47.
Bonnefoy, C., Quenol, H., Bonnardot, V., Barbeau, G., Madelin, M., Planchon, O. and Neethling, E. 2012 Temporal and spatial analyses of temperature in a French wine-producing area: the Loire Valley. International Journal of Climatology doi:10.10002/joc.3552
Bowen, S. 2010 Embedding local places in global spaces: Geographical Indications as territorial development strategy. Rural Sociology 75, 209-243.
Buller, H. 2003 De la terre au territoire: the reinvention of French rural space. Modern & Contemporary France 11, 323-334.
Callon, M.C.M., Méadel, C. and Rabeharisoa, V. 2002 The economy of qualities. Economy and Society 31, 194-217.
Campbell, G. and Guibert, N. 2006 Old World strategies against New World competition in a globalising wine industry ¿ Introduction. British Food Journal 108, 233-242.
Campbell, G. and Guibert, N. (Eds) 2008 Wine, Society and Globalization: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Wine Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke).
Cemin, G. and Ducati, J.R. 2011 Spectral discrimination of grape varieties and a search for terroir effects using remote sensing. Journal of Wine Research 22, 57-78.
Certomà, C. 2011 Standing-up vineyards: the political relevance of Tuscan wine production. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 29, 1010-1029.
Chartres, S. 2006 Wine and Society: The Social and Cultural Context of a Drink (Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford).
Colman, T. and Päster, P. 2009 Red, white, and ¿green¿: the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the global wine trade. Journal of Wine Research 20, 15-26.
Demossier, M. 2010 Wine Drinking Culture in France: A National Myth or Modern Passion (University of Wales Press, Cardiff).
Demossier, M. 2011 Beyond terroir: territorial construction, hegemonic discourses, and French wine culture. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 13, 685-705.
Diffenbaugh, N.S., White, M.A., Jones, G.V. and Ashfaq, M. 2011 Climate adaptation wedges: a case study of premium wine in the western United States. Environmental Research Letters 6, 024024, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024024
Dion, R. 1994 Introduction to the history of viticulture in France Journal of Wine Research 5, 215-224.
Douguet, J.M. and O'Connor, M. 2003. Maintaining the integrity of the French terroir: a study of critical natural capital in its cultural context. Ecological Economics 44, 233-254.
Downey, M.O., Dokoozlian, N.K. and Krstic, M.P. 2006 Cultural practice and environmental impacts on the flavonoid composition of grapes and wine: A review of recent research. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 57, 257-268.
Available online: http://ajevonline.org/content/57/3/257.abstract
Gade, D.W. 2004 Tradition, territory, and terroir in French viniculture: Cassis, France, and appellation contrôlée. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94, 848-867.
Gale, G. 2011 Dying on the Vine: How Phylloxera Transformed Wine (University of California Press, Berkeley).
Gangjee, D. 2012 Relocating the Law of Geographical Indications (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge).
Groves, R., Charters, S. and Reynolds, C. 2000 Imbibing, inscribing, integrating and imparting: a taxonomy of wine consumption practices. Journal of Wine Research 11, 209-222.
Guy, K.M. 2003 When Champagne Became French (John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore).
Hall, A. and Jones, G.V. 2009 Effect of potential atmospheric warming on temperature-based indices describing Australian winegrape growing conditions. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 15, 97-119.
Hall, A. and Jones, G.V. 2010 Spatial analysis of climate in winegrape-growing regions in Australia. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 16, 389-404.
Hayward, D. and Lewis, N. 2008 Regional dynamics in the globalising wine industry: the case of Marlborough, New Zealand. The Geographical Journal 174, 124-137.
Howard, S. 2004 Selling wine to the French: Official attempts to increase French wine consumption, 1931-1936. Food & Foodways 12, 197-224.
Huggett, J.M. 2006 Geology and wine: A review. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 117, 239-247.
Hughes, J. 2006 Champagne, feta, and bourbon: The spirited debate about geographical indications. Hastings Law Journal 58, 299-386.
Jackson, R.S. 2008 Wine Science: Principles, Practice, Perception 3rd edn (Academic Press, San Diego).
Jones, A. 2003 'Power in place': viticultural spatialities of globalization and community empowerment in the Languedoc. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers NS 28, 367-382.
Jones, A. and Clark, J. 2000 Of vines and policy vignettes: sectoral evolution and institutional thickness in the Languedoc. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers NS 25, 333-357.
Jones, A. and Clark, J. 2003 From filière to territoire: changing rural policy in the Languedoc. Modern & Contemporary France 11, 335-347.
Jones, G.V., White, M.A., Cooper, O.R. and Storchmann, K. 2005 Climate change and global wine quality. Climatic Change 73, 319-343.
Josling, T. 2006 The war on terroir: Geographical Indications as a transatlantic trade conflict. Journal of Agricultural Economics 57, 337-363.
Keller, M. 2010 Managing grapevines to optimise fruit development in a challenging environment: a climate change primer for viticulturists. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 16, 56-69.
Kennison, K.R., Wilkinson, K.L., Pollnitz, A.P., Williams, H.G. and Gibberd, M.R. 2009 Effect of timing and duration of grapevine exposure to smoke on the composition and sensory properties of wine. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 15, 228-237.
Kirchmann, H. 1994 Biological dynamic farming ¿ An occult form of alternative agriculture? Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 7, 173-187.
Lagendijk, A. 2004 Global ¿lifeworlds¿ versus local ¿systemworlds¿: How flying winemakers produce global wines in interconnected locales. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 95, 511-526.
Laudan, R. 2004 Slow Food: the French terroir strategy, and culinary moderism. Food, Culture and Society 7, 133-144.
Lewis, N., Moran, W., Perrier-Cornet, P. and Barker, J. 2002 Territoriality, enterprise and réglementation in industry governance. Progress in Human Geography 26, 433-462,
López-Valeiras Sampedro, E., González Sánchez, M.B., Yáñez López, J.C. and González, E.R. 2010 The environment as a critical success factor in the wine industry: Implications for management control systems. Journal of Wine Research 21, 179-195.
Maltman, A. 2008 The role of vineyard geology in wine typicity. Journal of Wine Research 19, 1-17.
McGovern, P.E. 2003 Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture (Princeton University Press, Princeton).
Moran, W. 1993 Rural space as intellectual property. Political Geography 12, 263-277.
Moran, W. 1993 The wine appellation as territory in France and California. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 83, 694-717.
Mullins, M.G., Bouquet, A. and Williams, L.E. 1992 Biology of the Grapevine (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge)
Overton, J. 2010 The consumption of space: Land, capital and place in the New Zealand wine industry. Geoforum 41, 752-762.
Paul, H.W. 1996 Science, Vine and Wine in Modern France 1750-1990 (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge).
Pitte, J-R. 2008 Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry (University of California Press, Berkeley).
Pullman, M.E., Maloni, M.J. and Dillard, J. 2010 Sustainability practices in food supply chains: How is wine different? Journal of Wine Research 21, 35-56.
Reich-Weiser, C., Paster, P., Erickson, C. and Dornfeld, D. 2010 The role of transportation on the GHG emissions of wine. Journal of Wine Research 21, 197-206.
Ross, C.F., Weller, K.M., Blue, R.B. and Reganold, J.P. 2009 Difference testing of Merlot produced from biodynamically and organically grown wine grapes. Journal of Wine Research 20, 85-94.
Schultz, H.R. and Jones, G.V. 2010 Climate induced historic and future changes in viticulture. Journal of Wine Research 21, 137-145.
Souriau, A and Yiou, P. 2001 Grape harvest dates for checking NAO paleoreconstructions. Geophysical Research Letters 28, 3895-3898.
Tatem, A.J. 2005 Global climate matching: Satellite imagery as a tool for mapping vineyard suitability. Journal of Wine Research 16, 19-32.
Tonietto, J. and Carbonneau, A. 2004 A multicriteria climatic classification system for grape-growing regions worldwide. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 124, 81-97.
Trubek, A.B. and Bowen, S. 2008 Creating the taste of place in the United States: can we learn from the French. GeoJournal 73, 23-30.
Ubalde, J.M., Sort, X., Zayas, A. and Poch, R.M. 2010 Effects of soil and climatic conditions on grape ripening and wine quality of Cabernet Sauvignon. Journal of Wine Research 21, 1-17.
Ulin, R.C. 1996 Vintages and Traditions: An Ethnohistory of Southwest French Wine Cooperatives (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington).
Ulin, R.C. 2002 Work as cultural production: labour and self-identity among southwest French wine-growers. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.) 8, 691-712.
Unwin, T. 1991 Wine and the Vine: An Historical Geography of Viticulture and the Wine Trade (Routledge, London)
Van Leeuwen, C. and Seguin, G. 2006 The concept of terroir in viticulture. Journal of Wine Research 17, 1-10.
Vaudour, E. 2002 The quality of grapes and wine in relation to geography: notions of terroir at various scales. Journal of Wine Research 13, 117-141.
Warner, K.D. 2007 The quality of sustainability: Agroecological partnerships and the geographic branding of California winegrapes. Journal of Rural Studies 23, 142-155.
Webb, L., Whiting, J., Watt, A., Hill, T., Wigg, F., Dunn, G., Needs, S. and Barlow, E.W.R. 2010 Managing grapevines through severe heat: A survey of growers after the 2009 summer heatwave in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Wine Research 21, 147-165.
Whalen, P. 2007 ¿A merciless source of happy memories¿: Gaston Roupnel and the folklore of Burgundian terroir. Journal of Folklore Research 44, 21-40.
Whalen, P. 2007 Burgundian regionalism and French republican commercial culture at the 1937 Paris International Exposition. Cultural Analysis, 6, 31-62
Whalen, P. 2009 ¿Insofar as the ruby wine seduces them¿: cultural strategies for selling wine in inter-war Burgundy. Contemporary European History 18, 67-98.
Whalen, P. 2010 Whither terroir in the Twenty-first century: Burgundy¿s climats? Journal of Wine Research 21, 117-121.
White, M.A., Diffenbaugh, N.S., Jones, G.V., Pal, J.S. and Giorgi, F. 2006 Extreme heat reduces and shifts United States premium wine production in the 21st century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, 11217-11222.
White, M.A., Whalen, P. and Jones, G.V. 2009 Land and wine. Nature Geoscience, 2, 82-83.
White, R.E. 2003 Soils for Fine Wines (Oxford University Press, New York)
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
11 formal sessions with the whole class comprising lectures, student presentations and fieldwork; additional sessions of small group teaching involving sub-sets of the whole class |
| Keywords | wine, geography, culture, sustainability, development, climatic change |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Michael Summerfield
Tel: (0131 6)50 2519
Email: Dr.M.A.Summerfield@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lynne Mcgillivray
Tel: (0131 6)50 2543
Email: Lynne.McGillivray@ed.ac.uk |
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