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Abstract

This article examines the price determinants of wine on the Swiss market using a hedonic regression approach. We find that grape varietals and wine growing regions have a large impact on prices. Growing Petite Arvine or growing wine in Valais or the Swiss German part of the country trigger a premium. Cultivating Pinot Noir or Gamay or being located in Vaud or Geneva prompts a discount. Positioning and being located in a renowned wine growing region further lead to higher prices. Information on producers, on the other hand, only marginally explains wine prices. Our results suggest that Swiss producers price their wines rather uniformly.

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