Wine education and Climate change: Greg Jones, Hans Reiner Schultz, Jeremy Cukierman, MW and Dario Cantù
Wine Education and Climate Change Wine is first and foremost an agricultural product, extremely vulnerable to climate change. Its impact is being experienced by vintners in a variety of ways, as extreme weather events, from droughts to heat waves, from out of season hail to floods, are impacting yields, phenology, wine quality and taste and […]
Vineyard microbes: Tom Croghan, Kees Van Leeuwen, Andreia Figueiredo and Alex Gobbi
Discovering the world of vineyard microbes This Climate Talk is a Research Edition, dedicated to the work generated by academia. We counted with different experts and researchers from distinct European Universities, who will share the result of different studies, carried out from different perspectives, around the world of vineyard microbes. We will seek to understand […]
Waste and Circularity: Michele Manelli, Patricia Berardi, Stephanie Barger and Marta Juega
Waste Management and Circularity In this Climate Talk, the words reduce, reuse and rethink will be on top of the discussion. We’ll explore why and how a circular approach can provide the way for (wine) companies to establish waste management initiatives for inorganic and organic waste that enable them to close the loop. Our guests […]
Animals & Vineyards: Johan Reyneke, Kelly Mulville, Ligia Santos and Tom Croghan
Building Climate Resilience with Animals in the Vineyards The use of grazing animals in vineyards seems to be of increasing interest and use around the globe. The information available indicates that it is a vineyard management tool that finds compatibility with regenerative, organic and biodynamic farming practices. This discussion will focus on the many benefits […]
Retailers & Climate Action: Marcus Ihre, Carmel Kilcline, Scot Case & Marta Mendonça
The role of retailers in driving Climate Action Global wine consumption has not been steady, but the risks associated to climate change have grown significantly. Consequently, so have the number of discerning drinkers looking for evidence of a sustainable approach from their favorite wines. Retailers are a key stakeholder of the wine value chain. They […]
Influencers & Climate Action: Jeremy Cukierman MW, Sophia Longhi, Chiara Giannotti and Polly Hammond
The Role of Influencers To Drives Climate Action Fashion, food, wine, travel… Influencers have the power to change where we go, what we buy and how we look. But how far does this extend? Can they change how we think about core issues such as climate change action? As wine lovers, we tend to seek […]
Climate Smart Wineries: Robert Eden, Sion Barnsley, Victoria Gonzalez-Gordon, Hugo Azevedo and Wendy Cameron
Climate Smart Wineries This Climate Talk is dedicated to sharing different practices that make a winery more efficient and less impactful from an environmental standpoint, exploring topics such as the choice of building materials, solar exposure, energy and water management of and waste minimization. As usual, we will have excellent guests, who will share several […]
Reusable Wine Bottles: Diana Snowden Seysses, Melissa Saunders MW, Muriel Chatel, Bernard Grafé and Lise Rolland
The Wine Bottle of the Future is Reusable This Climate Talk is moving past the “low-hanging fruit” and reaching for the stars – showcasing wine bottle reuse. The bottle accounts for 50% of a wineries’ CO2 emissions, due to the amount of heat required to melt glass along with transportation. Recycling decreases total emissions however, […]
When climate Action meets efficiency along the wine operation
Climate Change rapidly is altering wine as we know it and it is disrupting Supply Chain and Logistics for the Wine Industry. Business leaders in the Wine Industry in the process of adjusting to the new normal are trying to balance Environmental Sustainability and Profits. It seems that for the average Grape Grower or Winery, […]
Extreme weather events: Greg Jones, Dr. Richard Hamilton, Phil Freese, Alisdair Tulloch and João Santos
Extreme Weather Events: Response From The Vineyards A changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration and timing of extreme weather and climate events (EWE). These are the words of the IPCC. Per se, these EWE do not prove the existence of global warming, but it is a given fact that […]