Resumen de Viticulture and winemaking in Contemporary Rural Change: experience from Southern France and Eastern Australia
New supply chains incorporating quality production, often by means of organic or biodynamic farming, more direct sales to consumers and an expansion of agro-tourism have become established in Western European farming during the past 30 years. This paper examines evidence for such changes with respect to recent changes in winemaking in the middle Hérault valley in southern France and eastern Australia. The changes in winemaking in both countries conform closely to those described in the literature on alternative food networks in Europe with an emphasis on the production of locality-specific, quality wines, often using environmentally-sensitive cultivation practices.
