Consumers' acceptance of fungus resistant grapes: Future scenarios in sustainable winemaking

During the last 20 years, sustainability has become an important issue in the wine sector. The increase of producers' awareness and consumers' interest has prompted the emergence of wines labeled as organic, biodynamic or natural. The current letter aims to stimulate future research dealing with consumers' acceptance and interest towards wine with sustainability characteristics to focus on fungus resistant grape (FRG) varieties, that we consider a potential pivotal innovation for the future of the wine industry. Particularly, we expect consumer research to address the complexity behind future consumers' acceptance of FRG, taking also into account insights emerged from our conceptual model.

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Over the past 20 years, sustainability has become increasingly important in the wine industry, leading to the emergence of wines labeled as organic, biodynamic or natural due to heightened awareness among producers and interest from consumers. This letter encourages future research to focus on consumers' acceptance and interest in wines with sustainability characteristics, particularly emphasizing fungus resistant grape (FRG) varieties as a potential key innovation for the wine industry going forward.