The 2020 online forum is researched and organised by Sustainable Wine Ltd.
The conference will be FREE to attend.
It will attract key players from all areas of the wine industry who are searching for practical solutions in this time of crisis.
Given our first event in late 2019 sold out, we believe that a free, online model can bring together hundreds of professionals from all aspects of the wine industry across all geographies.
The event will analyse the big issues facing the wine value chain with in-depth focus on sustainable viticulture, distribution, logistics, circular approaches, consumers and transparency.
Lead Sponsors
Co-sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
Discover best practices from industry leaders and get in-depth guidance on how to effectively implement policies
Meet & network virtually with an influential audience of key stakeholders, including NGOs, business, government and supply chain actors
Benchmark company performance amongst a room of your peers and discover where you should be focusing efforts
Agenda highlights
- How Covid-19 has changed the wine industry
- Can we agree on a global definition of sustainability in wine?
- Proliferation or consolidation: What is the future of certification in wine?
- In the vineyard: Small producers on key lessons learned, opportunities and pitfalls
- Social issues in wine: How to define, and tackle real and potential labour abuses
- Logistics and Distribution: How will delivery of wine change by 2025?
- Social issues in wine: How to improve community empowerment in a wine business
- Lessons from Spain: How wine industry can tackle sustainability and climate change
- In the vineyard: What regenerative approaches mean for soil health improvements
- What should wine industry leadership on climate change look like?
- What the wine industry can learn about sustainability from other industries
- In the winery: How circular approaches in the winery can save money and emissions
- Biodiversity in the vineyard: How to work with nature, not against it
- Misinformation in wine: How transparency and science can change the debate on ‘clean’ and ‘natural wine’
- Sustainable packaging, how wine will be sold by 2025 and beyond
- Closing plenary discussion: How do we use sustainability to attract the next generation of wine consumers?
Confirmed Speakers
Adrian Bridge
CEO
Taylors Port & The Fladgate Partnership
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
Richard Bampfield
MW
Sue Daniels
Winemaker
Marks & Spencer
Neil Collins
Winemaker and vineyard manager
Tablas Creek
Sally Evans
Owner & winemaker
Château George 7
Dr. Simon Lord
Independent palm oil and sustainability expert
Anna Turrell
Head of environment
Tesco
Anna Chilton
Wine and sustainable supply chains expert
Marta Terrado
Science communication specialist & Postdoc researcher
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
David Harvey
Head of the London Office
Raeburn Fine Wines
Anne Jones
Partner & Category Manager, Drinks, Wines, Beers and Spirits Buying
Waitrose & Partners
Lauren Holman
Export sales manager
Château Léoube
Will Davenport
Owner and winemaker
Davenport Vineyards
Sam Linter
Managing director and chief winemaker
Bolney Estates
David Horlock
Managing director, global food and retail supply chain
British Standards Institution
Dr. Alistair Nesbitt
CEO
Vinescapes
Erica Duecy
Chief content officer and editor in chief
VinePair
Romain Ott
Production director & head winemaker
Château Léoube
Anton Mann
Owner
Xisto Wines
Jasper Morris
MW
Felicity Carter
Editor-in-chief
Meininger’s Wine Business International
Gordon Muir
Head of sales
Gordon and Macphail Whisky & Premium Spirit Merchants
Allison Jordan
Executive director
California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
Diana Snowden Seysses
Owner and winemaker
Snowden Vineyards
Ignacio Gavilan
Director, environmental sustainability
Consumer Goods Forum
Franco Costantini
UK managing director
Control Union
Laura Varpasuo
Sustainability manager
Alko Inc
Caro Feely
Owner
Chateau Feely & French Wine Adventures
Elena Carretero Gomez
Corporate affairs and sustainability director
Vina Santa Rita
Albert Hereu
Director
Catalan Institute of Cork
Richard Ellison
Founder and buyer
Wanderlust Wine
Kim Forsberg
Sustainability manager
Vingruppen i Norden
Marcus Ihre
Sustainability manager
Systembolaget AB
Gabriel Bloise
Winemaker, Chakana Winery
Mendoza
Facundo Bonamaizon
Agronomist, Chakana Winery
Mendoza
Liz Earle MBE
Writer, TV presenter and entrepreneur
Madeline Puckette
Co-founder
WineFolly.com
Massimo Vittori
managing director, origin
The Global Alliance of Geographical Indications (GIs)
Joan Esteve Julià
Director
Celler Raimat
Stefano Stefanucci
Director
Equalitas s.r.l.
Dominique Tourneix
CEO
DIAM France
Simon Doyle
General manager
Concha y Toro UK
Matias Rios
Chief winemaker
Cono Sur
Brad Greatrix
Winemaker
Nyetimber
Bastien Sachet
CEO
Earthworm Foundation
Karin Kreider
Executive director
ISEAL Alliance
Sandra Ndlovu
Regional communications officer
Fairtrade Africa Southern Africa Network
Our track record
Our 2019 conference on November 4th 2019 London, was a sell out event.
Some coverage of it can be found on our website here.
An Article about the conference was also plublished in Vineyard Magazine, which can be read here.
Below are some of the organisations who attended and spoke at our 2019 event.
Past attendees
