Wine Marketing Research
Outcomes
2008 proved another successful year for the Wine
Marketing Research Group.
Researchers presented 9 conference papers in 2008
with group head, Professor Larry Lockshin and
Senior Research Associate, Simone Mueller’s
joint paper receiving Runner-up Best Paper at the
Conference of the Academy of Wine Business
Research in Sienna.
Professor Lockshin was also a keynote speaker at
the World Sauvignon Blanc Conference in Austria.
Publications and press for the group in 2008
included two book chapters, thirteen trade
publications (including Professor
Lockshin’s monthly articles in WBM;
Australia’s Wine Business Magazine) and two
journal articles.
Key research projects included:
• Completion of a two year study on cross
cultural choice behaviour for wine on and off
premise, funded by the Grape and Wine Research
and Development Corporation (GWRDC)
• An Australian study on sensory and
non-sensory wine choice attributes, funded by the
GWRDC
• Online wine label testing, for Beelgrara
Winery.
