Research Article

Emergence of New Segments of Swiss Wine Consumers: A Comparison with a Segmentation Study from 2011

Table 6

Mean scores of selected behavioral variables by clusters.

Traditional (11.9%) n = 61Lowbrow (16.0%) n = 82Price-conscious (20.3%) n = 104Involved (21.9%) n = 112Local (15.2%) n = 78Relaxation-seeking (9.4%) n = 48Image-oriented (5.3%) n = 27Total (100%) N = 559

Consumption frequency days/year190107123134121153118133
Consumption volume dl/occasion2.52.52.72.92.03.22.82.6
Consumption volume l/year4725343824473435
Red wine in %64.659.260.161.564.651.161.760.7
White wine in %20.621.822.625.921.028.122.023.2
Rosé wine in %5.78.36.86.66.111.08.97.2
Sparkling wine in %9.210.710.56.08.49.97.48.9
Price per bottle for personal consumptiona16.316.416.920.515.115.419.017.3
Price per bottle for guesta18.417.817.320.517.117.219.518.3
Price per bottle for giftinga21.422.023.323.521.021.926.622.7
Like to buy wineb4.72.34.14.93.14.24.33.9
Prefer to drink wine at homeb3.72.23.53.72.93.53.93.3
Drink wine mostly in the company of othersb4.73.14.95.34.54.74.74.6
Enjoy a glass along a meal in a restaurantb5.32.95.25.54.45.15.04.8
Drink more on holidaysb4.52.74.54.53.74.74.84.1

Notes.  < 0.001;  < 0.05; ain CHF; bLikert scale; 1 = “do not agree at all” to 6 = “agree completely”; bold = the highest score for the variable; italic = the lowest score for the variable; mean scores on a six-point.