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The Sustainable Wine Podcast is the official podcast of the Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR)—the global coalition driving sustainability in the wine industry. SWR brings together businesses across the wine value chain to tackle shared challenges, foster innovation, and create measurable impact. Each episode features candid, expert-led conversations with winemakers, growers, retailers, researchers, and sustainability leaders exploring the latest challenges, innovations, and breakthroughs shaping the future of wine. From responsible viticulture and regenerative practices to climate-smart packaging and ethical labour standards, we cut through greenwashing to share tangible insights that catalyse change. Whether you’re a wine professional, sustainability advocate, or simply curious about the forces shaping the industry, join us for thought-provoking discussions, actionable takeaways, and a deeper understanding of what it takes to make wine truly sustainable. New episodes every other week. Subscribe today and join the conversation.
Episodes
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Toby Webb and Dominique Tourneix discuss the evolution of closures, sustainability, corks and more.
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Lauren Holman and Toby Webb discuss their journey, and also the future of canned wine.
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
The closing plenary session of the conference focuses on the next generation of wine consumers. The concern in the wine industry is that younger generations are drinking less and less wine and switching to spirits and other drinks. So how can sustainability help make wine more relevant again, outside the tiny but growing niches of organic, biodynamic, natural or “clean”? Our panel debates.
Speakers:
- Richard Wright, behavioural science director, Unilever
- Madeline Puckette, co-founder, WineFolly.com
- Allison Jordan, executive director, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
- Richard Ellison, founder and buyer, Wanderlust Wine
Moderator:
- Hanna Halmari, editor, Sustainablewine.co.uk
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
Packaging, distribution, and post consumer recycling (or lack of it) is the biggest part of wine’s carbon footprint. So what does the future look like for bottles, packaging and closures, in light of sustainability concerns, and opportunities? Our panelists discuss.
Speakers:
- Lauren Holman, export sales manager, Château Léoube
- David Harvey, head of the London office, Raeburn Fine Wines
- Brad Greatrix, winemaker, Nyetimber
- Dominique Tourneix, CEO, DIAM France
Moderator:
- Sally Evans, owner and winemaker, Château George 7
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
Well, where do we start with this? Aveline and other ‘clean’ and ‘natural’ wines serve to raise the blood pressure of various wine experts like almost no other issues. But natural marketing is an old game, and so shouldn’t the wine industry just live with it, and focus on the best ways to do real, meaningful communications about wine, its provenance and impacts? Our panelists discuss.
Speakers:
- Richard Bampfield MW
- Anne Jones, partner & category manager, drinks, wines, beers and spirits buying, Waitrose & Partners
- Felicity Carter, editor-in-chief, Meininger’s Wine Business International
- Liz Earle MBE, writer, TV presenter and entrepreneur
Moderator:
- Erica Duecy, chief content officer, Emetry
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
This session takes a look at how three different wine producers are tackling protecting and enhancing biodiversity. Our panelists discuss their approaches to encouraging and promoting biodiversity in their vineyards, how to collaborate effectively with partners to make progress happen and how to measure it, the value of certification in encouraging biodiversity (Haute Valeur Environmentale, for example), and more.
Speakers:
- Belén Iacono, chief agronomist, Adrianna Vineyard, Catena Zapata
- Matias Rios, chief winemaker, Cono Sur
- Romain Ott, production director & head winemaker, Château Léoube
Moderator:
- Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
So what should a circular economy approach in a sustainable winery look like? How do you define circular and what does it look like in practice? Some wineries are capturing Co2 from fermentation and turning it into potassium bicarbonate. This is an important innovation, but what else constitutes circular approaches in the vineyard? Florence Cathiard and Fabien Teitgen from Smith Haut Lafitte discuss.
Speakers:
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Florence Cathiard, president, Smith Haut Lafitte
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Fabien Teitgen, winemaker, Smith Haut Lafitte
Moderator:
- Anna Chilton, wine and sustainable supply chains expert
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
Bubbles and silos exist everywhere in business. Ask a palm oil expert about cotton, and they most likely won’t know much. Wine is no exception and much can be learned from other industries. Many of these have been heavily exposed to negative campaigning, consumer pressure, and legal and regulatory pressures, often as a result. So which lessons can the wine sector learn about sustainability from other industries? Our panel of non wine but very much sustainability experts, debate.
Speakers:
- Dr. Simon Lord, independent palm oil and sustainability expert
- Anna Turrell, head of environment, Tesco
- Gordon Muir, head of sales, Gordon and Macphail Whisky & Premium Spirit Merchants
- Ignacio Gavilan, director, environmental sustainability, Consumer Goods Forum
- Bastien Sachet, CEO, Earthworm Foundation
Moderator:
- Ian Welsh, editorial director, Innovation Forum
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
In this plenary session our panelists discuss what big wine producers can do to have a material impact on climate change beyond the significant task of bottle weight reduction. Is the biggest and most urgent climate issue in the sector helping grape growers cope? Or is it changing how packaging works for retailers and pushing for better recycling and circular economy approaches?
Speakers:
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Adrian Bridge, CEO, Taylors Port & Fladgate Partnership, Porto Protocol
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Miguel A. Torres, 4th generation and President Familia Torres
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Joanna Griffiths, global food community director, BSI
Moderator:
- Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
Regenerative agriculture is all the rage across a wide variety of different crops, but what actually is it? With no common definition, many say it simply re-badges sustainable agriculture with a new, trendier name. However, proponents argue its primary focus on soil health focuses efforts on what is below ground, and that has major benefits for both carbon fixation, soil health, yield and ultimately all aspects of grape farming sustainability. Our panelists discuss how they define regenerative agriculture, whether it should replace other approaches (organic, biodynamic, etc.), what results they have seen so far from it, and more.
Speakers:
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Neil Collins, winemaker and vineyard manager, Tablas Creek
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Franco Costantini, managing director, Control Union UK
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Gabriel Bloise, winemaker, Chakana Winery, Mendoza, Argentina
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Facundo Bonamaizon, agronomist, Chakana Winery, Mendoza, Argentina
Moderator:
- Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine