@article{Alston:162514,
      recid = {162514},
      author = {Alston, Julian M. and Fuller, Kate B. and Lapsley, James  T. and Soleas, George},
      title = {Too Much of a Good Thing? Causes and Consequences of  Increases in Sugar Content of California Wine Grapes},
      address = {2011},
      number = {1578-2016-134030},
      series = {RMI-CWE},
      pages = {26},
      year = {2011},
      note = {Reprinted in Journal of Wine Economics, Volume 6, Number  2, 2011, Pages 135–159},
      abstract = {The sugar content of California wine grapes has increased  significantly over the past 10–20
years, and this implies a  corresponding increase in the alcohol content of wine made  with
those grapes. In this paper we develop a simple model  of winegrape production and quality,
including sugar  content and other characteristics as choice variables along  with yield. Using
this model we derive hypotheses about  alternative theoretical explanations for the
phenomenon of  rising sugar content of grapes, including effects of  changes in climate and
producer responses to changes in  consumer demand. We analyze detailed data on changes in the  sugar content of California wine grapes at crush to obtain  insight into the relative importance of the different  influences. We buttress this analysis of sugar content of  wine grapes with data on the alcohol content of wine.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162514},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.162514},
}