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Reaching An Underserved Wine Customer: Connecting With The African American Wine Consumer, Rhonda Hammond, Sandra Sydnor, Eunjoo Kang
Reaching An Underserved Wine Customer: Connecting With The African American Wine Consumer, Rhonda Hammond, Sandra Sydnor, Eunjoo Kang
Hospitality Review
Marketing strategies addressing underserved African American wine customers’ needs that also positively impact producers’ and retailers’ clientele was the impetus for this exploratory, qualitative paper. African Americans demonstrate a thirst to elevate their education about and be more involved in the wine industry as evidenced by the proliferation of African American wine-tasting groups designed to help educate and expose their membership to a variety of wines. Moreover, compared to the average adult, African-American wine drinkers are 241% more likely to have spent $20 or more on a bottle of store bought wine (Arbitron, 2005). Despite African Americans’ representation as one …