Weather Derivatives for Wine

Created
Added bySamuel Polgar
TagsFinancial InstrumentsWine Industry General
Linkhttps://wine-economics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AAWE_WP05.pdf
DescriptionStudy into Weather Derivatives and Icewine production in Canada. Hot weather = No Icewine
Value Drivershedge risk for vineyards
Pain- losing a crop due to weather - no revenue
Outcome- hedged risk - not broke
Required capabilityplatform for wineries to hedge their crops against weather platform for wineries to analyze previous data & predict weather platform for wineries to understand optimum weather
Year tech started2007
Tech opportunityWeather Derivatives
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