The Economic, Social, and Environmental Value of the Spanish Wine Industry

Abstract

A comprehensive understanding of the significance of vine cultivation and wine production, distribution, and consumption in Spain requires a joint consideration of its economic, social, and environmental implications. To achieve this joint vision, a quantitative research with an exploratory scope is carried out through the use of secondary data sources. The results of the research reveal that, from an economic point of view, the wine industry generates a total annual gross value added (GVA) of more than 23,700 million euros, equivalent to 2.2% of the national GVA. From a social point of view, wine maintains an important territorial rootedness, very visible in the designations of origin (DOs), being the environment where the wine comes from an appreciated attribute of the wine. From the environmental point of view, the effects of climate change introduce more adverse conditions for the cultivation of vines and force the search for solutions, since the quality and volume of wine that can be obtained in the future in Spain are conditioned by the current climatic reality.