Damien Wilson
Professor and Hamel Family Faculty Chair of Wine Business
About
Dr. Damien Wilson is the inaugural Hamel Family Chair of Wine Business Education with SSU's Wine Business Institute. Dr. Wilson arrived in California in 2015 with 20 years of professional experience in the wine sector. This commercial experience facilitated him achieving the first-ever Honors Degree in Wine Business with the University of Adelaide, and this qualification is among his four degrees in the discipline of Wine Business. He joins us from Burgundy's School of Wine and Spirits Business, having established a European professorial career after having started with the University of South Australia in 1999.
Education
University of South Australia - Ph.D. in Wine Marketing
University of South Australia - Master of Business
University of Adelaide - Bachelor's in Wine Marketing
University of Adelaide - Bachelor's in Agricultural Business
Selected Publications & Presentations
Wilson, D. (2016). Tasting fees: Cellar door tastings - to charge or not to charge? Wine & Viticulture Journal, 31(3), pp.63-65.
Gilinsky, A., Thach, L., Wilson, D., Newton, S., Atkin, T. & Eyler, R. (2015). What Business Skills Are Needed to Prosper in the U.S. Wine Industry? New Survey Provides Some Answers. Winebusiness.com, Dec. 2, 2015. Available at: http://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=161661
Winchester, M., & Wilson, D. (2015, November 3). Fruity, with a hint of gobbledygook: it’s time to give up on wine wankery. Retrieved January 21, 2016, from https://theconversation.com/fruity-with-a- hint- of-gobbledygook-its-time-to-give-up-on-winewankery-48893
Wilson, D., & Winchester, M. (2015, November 30). A response to “In praise of wine wankers” [e- journal]. Retrieved January 21, 2016, from https://www.meininger.de/en/wine-businessinternational/response-praise-o...
Wilson, D., Ingham, M. and Charters, S. (2015), “Innovation Management in the Wine Sector”, in Vrontis, D., Sakka, G. and Amirkhanpour, M. (Eds.), Management Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management Practices: A Global Perspective, Chpt.11., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Lady Stephenson Library, pp. 217–236.