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Table 2 Summary Statistics of Variables Included and Reported in the Regression Analysis (N = 546)

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

Variable Name

Description

Mean

St. Dev.

Min

Max

Price

Price in 2011 Euros

10.46

7.99

3.1

88

Production Variables

     

Manual Harvest

Grapes harvested manually

0.77

0.42

0

1

Ferments Added

Additional ferments added

0.28

0.45

0

1

Barrel Aging

Length of barrel aging (months)

11.30

10.67

0

84

Oak Barrel

Wine aged in an oak barrel

0.45

0.50

0

1

Sugar Added

Additional sugar added

0.07

0.25

0

1

Filtered

Wine filtered

0.56

0.50

0

1

Production

Production of wine (hectoliters)

95.95

181.12

1

2000

SO2 Variables

    

SO2

SO2 added

0.89

0.31

0

1

SO2 x White

SO2 added and white wine

0.28

0.45

0

1

SO2 x Rosé

SO2 added and rosé wine

0.09

0.28

0

1

SO2 x Red

SO2 added and red wine

0.52

0.50

0

1

SO2 x Intended Cellar

SO2 added interacted with recommended cellaring length

5.26

4.94

0

24

SO2 x FNIVAB

SO2 added and certified by FNIVAB

0.27

0.45

0

1

SO2 x Biodyvin

SO2 added and certified by Biodyvin

0.07

0.25

0

1

SO2 x Demeter

SO2 added and certified by Demeter

0.08

0.28

0

1

Wine Characteristics

    

Intended Cellar

Recommended length of time to cellar wine (years)

5.91

5.1

0

24

Aged

Years aged at time of wine’s web entry

2.58

1.74

1

14

% Alcohol

Percent alcohol

12.98

1.18

5

18

Sparkling

Wine is a sparkling wine

0.06

0.24

0

1

Wine Quality Designations and Honors

    

Hachette

Listed in the Hachette Guide to French Wine

0.05

0.21

0

1

Hachette x Stars

Number of stars received (if any) in the Hachette Guide (1–3 possible)

0.01

0.15

0

2

HachetteCDC

Coup de Coeur honor in Hachette Guide

<0.01

0.06

0

1

AOC

Appellation d’Origine Controlee Certification

0.68

0.47

0

1

Grand Cru

Grand Cru designation

0.03

0.18

0

1

Villages

Villages designation

0.05

0.23

0

1

Parker Dummy Variable

Wine has a rating on eRobertparker.com

0.24

0.42

0

1

Parker

Wine Rating on eRobertparker.com (imputed if missing)

87.54

0.66

86

91

Winery Characteristics

    

FNIVAB

Certified organic by FNIVAB

0.31

0.46

0

1

Biodyvin

Certified by Biodyvin

0.07

0.26

0

1

Demeter

Certified by Demeter

0.09

0.29

0

1

Organic Experience

Years winery has produced organically

11.93

16.88

0

317

Total Surface Area

Total surface area of winery’s production (hectares)

20.34

25.25

2

200