Creating a wine brand from soil to consumer

main objectives

This module is designed to allow students apply what they have learned in the first semester wine marketing module in a realistic situation of brand building for a commercial winery. The course reviews each element of the marketing mix and emphasizes the importance of market research, brand building and storytelling for wineries. In addition, the students are put in a situation of project management and collaboration with graphic students who design their labels for them. This is an opportunity to work on briefing, project management and agency relationship management. LEARNING OUTCOMES 1) Analyse a market considering the internal and external factors 2) Propose a business strategy for a winery. 3) Propose a coherent marketing mix within the framework of the chosen strategy. 4) Manage the relationship with a graphic design agency

general content

Introduction: Specificity of wine marketing. Applied wine brand case study: General presentation of case studies Strategy, benchmarking, positioning and storytelling Product design and product innovation Distribution channels Cost of good vs Consumer value approach Building a communication plan Sales and distribution: Wine tourism Specific international considerations - US market Develop a communication strategy for a winery or wine region. Invited masterclasses: Wine explorers Understanding the winery business environment: Addressing winery management challenges and costs, from vine to bottle Wine company strategy and business plan Wine business game applied to Bordeaux.

pedagogy

The module consists of classroom lectures and discussions. The teaching and evaluation language is English.

evaluation

Group assignment 100%

Bibliography

Lapsley J and Moulton K (2001) Successful Wine Marketing. New York: Springer Science, 297pp. Anderson K and Golin G (2004) The World’s Wine Markets. Globalization at Work. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA. Hall CM and Mitchell R (2008) Wine Marketing. A practical guide. Oxford: Elsevier, 344pp.