Climate Change, Wine and Sustainability: A Quantitative Discourse Analysis of the International Scientific Literature

Abstract

The paper analyses the evolution and potential future trend of research debate related to climate change impacts on the wine chain. A particular emphasis was given to the evaluation of sustainability in the examined literature. From a methodological point of view, sets of text analysis techniques were combined for the investigation of those selected scientific papers. Results highlight that the detailed and in-depth examination of the subject is quite recent. Furthermore, the analysis of climate change on wine production sustainability is primarily focused on the environmental aspects and not to the socio-economic ones. Lastly, future potential research issues and aims for the examined topic were suggested.