Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1
Written by Marko JELOČNIK, Miroslav NEDELJKOVIĆ, Darko JAKŠIĆ, Mladen PETROVIĆ

Viticulture and winemaking are two interconnected lines of agri-food sector that over the centuries had, currently have and will have significant importance in human nutrition. Mainly pushed by requirements from the global market, trends in wine production represent a relatively changeable category. Nowadays, within the overall structure of vineyards, or further produced wines, such a small share has been taking by autochthonous (local) grapevine varieties, that usually act as rising stars at many of regional markets. Full utilization of their natural attributes and production capacities could induce growth and sustainability in certain local and even regional viticultural sectors. As mentioned above, the main goal of the paper is to assess through the multicriteria decision-making analysis (appliance of DiWeC and MABAC methods) what could be the best fitted alternative (there were confronted local versus commercial white wine varieties) for vineyard establishment, enlargement or replacement according to experts’ opinions analysis. Derived results underline the criteria with decisive importance, while make the ranking of preselected white wine varieties, showing that commercial varieties (primarily Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay) still play crucial role in establishment of modern vineyards in Serbia and wider region.

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