Consumer decision-making in the wine market: insights from the Valencian Community

[EN] PurposeThis study explores wine consumer preferences in the Valencian Community through a territorial and segmented lens. While wine consumption has been widely examined, no research has systematically compared the provinces of Valencia, Castell & oacute;n and Alicante. The aim is to id...

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Autores: Baviera-Puig, Amparo|||0000-0002-2258-1155, Salazar Hernández, Domingo Manuel|||0000-0003-1753-6509, López- Cortés, I|||0000-0002-0994-1689, Giamporcaro, Giusi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/231247
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/231247
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wine
Best-Worst Scaling
Latent Class Analysis
Consumer segmentation
Spain
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Sumario:[EN] PurposeThis study explores wine consumer preferences in the Valencian Community through a territorial and segmented lens. While wine consumption has been widely examined, no research has systematically compared the provinces of Valencia, Castell & oacute;n and Alicante. The aim is to identify key wine attributes, interprovincial differences and distinct consumer segments.Design/methodology/approachA survey was administered to 504 wine consumers across the three provinces of the Valencia Community. Best-Worst Scaling (BWS) was applied to measure the importance of seven wine attributes, and Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used to identify consumer segments.FindingsFour consumer segments were identified: inexperienced, experts, price-sensitive and eco-friendly. These groups differ significantly in their evaluation of attributes such as price, wine type, designation of origin (DO) and label information.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited to the Valencian Community and may not be generalizable to other regions. Future research could apply the same approach in broader national or cross-cultural contexts.Originality/valueThis is the first study to integrate BWS and LCA to examine wine preferences in the Valencian Community, offering a novel understanding of consumer heterogeneity based on psychographic and territorial dimensions.