The Effect of COVID-19 on the Spanish Wine Industry

Abstract

The Spanish wine sector has not remained unaffected by the impact of COVID-19. This research aims to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on the Spanish wine sector, quantifying a phenomenon on which there is no academic literature, because although the impact of the pandemic on the wine sector has been studied at a general level, it has not been analysed in the Spanish case. An exploratory approach was adopted for the research in order to analyse the behaviour of the variables that measure the degree of commercialisation of Spanish wine in both the domestic and foreign markets. In addition, the research gathers and quantifies the measures carried out by the Spanish government to help the wine sector overcome the current crisis.