Wine Tourism

Timetable

Organisation meeting 13.10.2026,  9:30 (Collegium Geologicum, next to Collegium Geographicum, B. Krygowskiego str. 12, Room 66)

Class schedule:

13.-16.10.2026 (Tue-Fri)

26.-29.10.2026 (Mo-Thu)

17.-20.11.2026 (Tue-Fri)

07-19.12.2026 (Mo-Thu)

Hours:

11:00-13:30 Monday, Wednesday

9:30-12:00 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Classrooms during the particular days will be specified.

The above schedule can be adjusted so there is no overlap in timing with other lectures and most of the students can participate in the class. 

 Professor: paleo@amu.edu.pl

Module aim (aims)

• The lecture series discusses the traditional and modern wine production in Europe from
  a geo-science perspective. The interdisciplinary study approach includes geography, geology, climate, relief, soil cover and environmental diversity in the principal viticulture geographical areas (Caucasus, Crimea, Balkan, Mediterranean, Central/Eastern Europe)
• The course is structured by the specific wine-growing regions in terms of the local wine history from the antiquity to present times and geographic environmental background
• Applications and relevance of the particular wine cultivation conditions and geographies for ecology management, eno-tourism and sustainable development.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

• Basic orientation and knowledge in geography and environmental studies
• The lectures are recommended to students of geosciences, biology, ecology, tourism and international socio-economic and cultural studies
• Student’s ppt. presentations on chosen topics related to the lecture themes (in English).

 

Syllabus

Week 1:                        Introduction: Wine and environment (background, significance)

Week 2:                        History of wine production, Viticulture                

Week 3:                        Environmental context of wine production (geography, climate)

Week 4:                        Environmental context of wine production (geology, soils, hydrology)

Week 5:                        Wine and geography: Caucasus (Armenia, Gruzia)

Week 6:                        Wine and geography: Crimea and Kuban

Week 7:                        Wine and geography: Aegean region (Greece, Turkey)

Week 8:                        Wine and geography: Mediterranean region (Spain, Italy)

Week 9:                        Wine and geography: Central Europe 1 (Moravia/Czech Republic)

Week 10:          Wine and geography: Central Europe 2 (Austria, Hungary, Slovenia)

Week 11:          Wine and geography: Atlantic region (France, UK)

Week 12:          Wine and cultural heritage

Week 13:          Environmental management and modern wine industry

Week 14:          Wine and sustainable development, World eno-tourism

Week 15:          Selected thematic lectures / Students’ presentations

Reading list

Baixauli-Gimenez, J., Debón, A., Cervelló-Royo, R., & Domenech, J. (2025). Turning tastes into trends: the power of enotourism in boosting wineries’ popularity. Applied Economics, 1-18.

Bisson. L.F. et  al. (2002). Present and future of the international wine industry. Nature 418, 696-699.

Dougherty, P.H. (2012). The Geography of Wine: Regions, Terroir and Techniques. Springer, 245p.

Getz, D. (2000). Explore Wine Tourism: Management, Development and Destinations. Univ. of Calgary.

Gladstones, J. (1992). Viticulture and Environment. Wine Titles. Underdale. 310p.

Greenough, J. et al. (2005). Geology and Wine. Geoscience Canada 32(3), https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/2712

Hall, C.M. et al. (2009). Wine tourism around the world: development, management and markets, Oxford Press, 348p.

Maltaman, A. (2008). The Role of Vineyard Geology in Wine Typicity. Journal of Wine Research 19(1), 1-17. Nelson, M. (2006). The barbarian’s Beverage: A history of Beer in Ancient Europe. Taylor & Francis Press.

Taber, G.M. (2009). In Search of Bacchus: Wanderings in the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism. Simon & Schuster Press.

White, R.E. (2003). Soils for Fine Wines. Oxford University Press. 283p.

Winfree, J., McIntosh, C., & Nadreau, T. (2018). An economic model of wineries and enotourism. Wine Economics and Policy, 7(2), 88-93.