London, UK – Sustainable Wine will host the virtual Future of Wine Forum on 26-27 November, 2020. The online 2-day business conference is free to attend and will analyse the big sustainability issues facing the wine value chain, with a focus on practical solutions.
Building on the success of the inaugural conference in London, 2019, the Future of Wine Forum 2020 will create worldwide engagement on this crucial topic by connecting hundreds of wine industry professionals from around the world.
The conference has more than 50 speakers confirmed. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from and ask questions to industry experts, CEOs of some of the world’s biggest wine companies, as well as some of the smaller sustainable vineyards, including:
- Adrian Bridge, CEO, Taylors Port & the Fladgate Partnership
- Neil Collins, winemaker and vineyard manager, Tablas Creek
- Miguel A. Torres, 4th generation and President Familia Torres
- Allison Jordan, executive director, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
- Sue Daniels, winemaker, Marks & Spencer
- Simon Doyle, general manager, Concha y Toro UK
- Jancis Robinson, MW
- Miguel A. Torres, 4th generation and President Familia Torres
- Francesco Ricasoli, owner and CEO, Castello di Brolio
- Belén Iacono, chief agronomist, Adrianna Vineyard, Catena Wines
- Florence Cathiard, president, Smith Haut Lafitte
- Richard Wright, behavioural science director, Unilever
- Anna Turrell, head of environment, Tesco
- Anne Jones, partner & category manager, drinks, wines, beers and spirits buying, Waitrose & Partners
The full list of speakers can be found here.
The 2-day conference will cover around 20 areas of sustainability management through interactive, debate-driven sessions. The full agenda, which can be found here, includes key topics such as:
- Global sustainability definitions and the future of certification in wine
- How circular approaches in the winery can save money and emissions
- Sustainable packaging and logistics: How wine will be sold and delivered by 2025 and beyond
- Climate adaptation and mitigation, planning and resourcing
- Transparency: What consumers want from wine brands
- Social sustainability: How to tackle modern slavery and human rights
This important event is supported by Silver Sponsors British Standards Institution, Château Leoube, and Concha Y Toro, and Bronze Sponsors Control Union and DIAM.
Tobias Webb, co-founder and director of Sustainable Wine, says, “We’re looking forward to two days of constructive discussions about how to make sustainability work in the wine business, from vineyards to retail and recycling. Given the conference is free we expect several hundred participants globally. We’re looking forward in particular to the debates about standards consolidation, certification proliferation and how to talk to consumers about what is in wine. Expect a PowerPoint-free series of debates and some really practical insight into how to make sustainability work for your wine business.”
Registration for the conference is free and open to all. Attendees can secure their online spot by signing up at www.futurewineforum.com/register/.
About Sustainable Wine: Sustainable Wine is a publishing and events company based in the UK. Our objective to clarify some of the confusion around what sustainability means and how you put it into practice in the wine industry. Alongside running annual debate-driven business conferences on sustainability in the wine industry, Sustainable Wine publishes free articles and podcasts at www.sustainablewine.co.uk
October 20, 2020 at 09:58PM
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