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Table 10 Effects of Added SO2, Production Variables, Wine Characteristics, Indicators of Quality, and Winery Characteristics on Prices of Wines with and without Robert Parker Ratings and Prices of Red Wines without Robert Parker Ratings

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

 

Parker

Non-Parker

Red Non-Parker

 

Coeff.

St. Error

Coeff.

St. Error

Coeff.

St. Error

SO2 Variables

     

SO2

−0.282

(0.204)

−0.275b

(0.134)

−0.623b

(0.199)

SO2 x White

0.170

(0.113)

0.236

(0.184)

  

SO2 x Rosé

  

0.534b

(0.206)

  

SO2 x FNIVAB

−0.576a

(0.299)

−0.042

(0.119)

0.010

(0.151)

SO2 x Demeter

0.210a

(0.113)

0.060

(0.129)

0.498b

(0.238)

SO2 x Ln(Intended Cellar)

0.243a

(0.142)

0.180b

(0.057)

0.321b

(0.113)

Production Variables

     

Ln(Intended Cellar)

−0.063

(0.130)

0.082

(0.061)

−0.097

(0.107)

Manual Harvest

0.156

(0.160)

0.184b

(0.065)

0.163b

(0.072)

Ferments Added

−0.174

(0.162)

0.067

(0.064)

0.038

(0.075)

Sugar Added

−0.440a

(0.245)

−0.215

(0.222)

0.218

(0.160)

Filtered

0.060

(0.118)

−0.009

(0.074)

−0.149b

(0.069)

Oak Barrel

0.335c

(0.080)

0.140c

(0.032)

0.168c

(0.040)

Ln(Production)

−0.009

(0.043)

−0.120c

(0.025)

−0.067b

(0.034)

Wine Characteristics

     

Ln(Aged)

0.158

(0.228)

0.055

(0.100)

0.161b

(0.075)

% Alcohol

−0.038

(0.039)

0.032a

(0.018)

0.046a

(0.024)

Sparkling

0.061

(0.166)

0.346c

(0.095)

0.329b

(0.136)

White

−0.145

(0.141)

−0.259

(0.226)

  

Rosé

0.267

(0.301)

−0.484a

(0.252)

  

Indicators of Quality

     

Hachette

−0.073

(0.176)

−0.065

(0.069)

−0.034

(0.073)

Hachette x Stars

−0.151

(0.129)

−0.028

(0.055)

−0.034

(0.067)

Hachette CDC

0.266

(0.195)

0.031

(0.144)

0.035

(0.120)

AOC

0.023

(0.095)

0.241b

(0.088)

0.146b

(0.074)

Grand Cru

0.332

(0.218)

−0.075

(0.204)

0.999c

(0.128)

Villages

0.216

(0.486)

−0.007

(0.124)

−0.041

(0.106)

Parker Rating

−0.002

(0.069)

  

0.019c

(0.004)

Winery Characteristics

     

FNIVAB

0.723b

(0.343)

  

0.062

(0.167)

Biodyvin

0.093

(0.125)

  

0.074

(0.256)

Demeter

    

−0.692b

(0.254)

Ln(OrgExp)

−0.041

(0.080)

0.169

(0.202)

−0.014

(0.040)

Ln(Total Area)

−0.119

(0.119)

  

0.011

(0.043)

Controls for Variety, Region, Vintage

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Constant

3.048

(6.228)

1.236c

(0.359)

1.684c

(0.388)

N

128

 

414

 

253

 

R2

0.885

 

0.264

 

0.661

 

Hausman Test Chi2(61),(50),(56)

22.15

 

89.26c

 

48.46

 

Model Type

Random Effects

Fixed Effects

Random Effects

  1. a, b and c indicate 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