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Table 7 Effects of Added SO2, Production Variables, Wine Characteristics, Indicators of Quality, and Winery Characteristics on Wine Price for White and Red Wines

From: The value of added sulfur dioxide in French organic wine

Ln(Price)

White

Red

Coefficient

Stnd. Error

Coefficient

Stnd. Error

SO2 Variables

   

SO2

−0.025

(0.197)

−0.519c

(0.157)

SO2 x FNIVAB

−0.418

(0.406)

−0.067

(0.142)

SO2 x Biodyvin

 

−0.307a

(0.173)

SO2 x Demeter

−0.168

(0.252)

0.277

(0.198)

SO2 x Ln(Intended Cellar)

0.221b

(0.106)

0.305c

(0.083)

Production Variables

   

Ln(Intended Cellar)

−0.001

(0.086)

−0.102

(0.072)

Manual Harvest

0.248a

(0.131)

0.176b

(0.063)

Ferments Added

−0.033

(0.076)

0.027

(0.064)

Sugar Added

−0.185

(0.238)

0.157

(0.117)

Filtered

−0.108

(0.144)

−0.115b

(0.059)

Oak Barrel

0.238c

(0.059)

0.190c

(0.037)

Ln(Production)

−0.148b

(0.047)

−0.050a

(0.029)

Wine Characteristics

   

Ln(Aged)

0.127

(0.093)

0.128b

(0.065)

% Alcohol

0.008

(0.022)

0.064b

(0.022)

Sparkling

0.388b

(0.156)

0.364b

(0.155)

Indicators of Quality

   

Hachette

−0.105

(0.119)

−0.044

(0.066)

Hachette x Stars

−0.215

(0.212)

−0.049

(0.066)

Hachette CDC

0.207*

(0.107)

0.051

(0.095)

AOC

0.152

(0.121)

0.150b

(0.066)

Grand Cru

−0.153

(0.192)

0.393

(0.288)

Villages

0.433c

(0.126)

−0.082

(0.105)

Parker Dummy Variable

0.185b

(0.087)

0.079

(0.079)

Parker Rating

−0.028

(0.074)

−0.010

(0.037)

Winery Characteristics

   

FNIVAB

0.411

(0.386)

0.182

(0.160)

Biodyvin

−0.028

(0.150)

0.556b

(0.179)

Demeter

0.177

(0.347)

−0.361a

(0.197)

Ln(OrgExp)

−0.099a

(0.053)

−0.046

(0.041)

Ln(Total Area)

0.139a

(0.076)

0.009

(0.038)

Controls for Variety, Region, Vintage

Yes

 

Yes

 

Constant

4.081

(6.536)

2.249

(3.338)

N

169

 

321

 

R2

0.745

 

0.641

 

Hausman Test Chi2(45),(54)

39.18

 

45.53

 

Model Type

Random Effects

Random Effects

  1. a,b,and cindicate significance at the 10 %, 5 %, and 1 % level, respectively. Heteroskedastic robust standard errors reported in parentheses. Degrees of freedom for each regression are reported in parentheses for the Hausman Tests