摘要：This paper explores the role of the wine industry, writ large, in place-making via a case study of the wine
industry, from ‘grape to glass’, in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, which examines how wine
production and consumption has influenced the sociocultural and physical–environmental landscape of
the region. Using qualitative field methods and secondary data analysis, the paper investigates the
impacts of the ‘emerging’ wine industry of the Sierra Nevada foothills by engaging with industry actors
at all levels. We find that, while not new, wine grape production and winemaking have become
increasingly prominent economically and culturally as evidenced by (in)visible infrastructure and growing
direct and indirect contributions to foothill counties’ economies. Moreover, we argue that, in the Sierra
Nevada and beyond, wine growing and winemaking provide a powerful mechanism for identity and
material landscape production in the area. The pursuit and construction of the Sierra Nevada foothills as
‘wine country’ becomes a means through which the place ‘makes’ itself and, in turn, makes a place for
itself across a variety of economic and cultural contexts.
关键词：wine ; Sierra Nevada ; landscape change ; production versus consumption ; place-making ; fermented landscapes
