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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.
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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
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
Sustainablewine.co.uk has interviewed more than a hundred winemakers in the last five years. All of them say climate change has, at the very least, increased weather volatility in vineyards. This is well known to be dangerous for quality of harvests, yields and indeed economic viability for smaller vineyards. Technology can, and is, playing an increasing role in climate change adaptation, with more and more data, tools and early warning systems available. In this breakout session our panelists talk about their approaches to sustainability and climate change.
Speakers:
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Marta Terrado, science communication specialist & postdoc researcher at the Earth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
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Joan Esteve Julià, director, Celler Raimat (Catalonia, Spain)
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Albert Hereu, general manager, Catalan Cork Institute Foundation
Moderator:
- Miquel Ros, independent consultant and writer
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
In this breakout session Elena Carretero Gomez, corporate affairs and sustainability director at Vina Santa Rita, discusses how large and small wine businesses can get better at community engagement and youth empowerment, vitally important issues in the communities surrounding wine businesses. Elena shares the initiatives at Vina Santa Rita, how these work, what they cost, and the business and social benefits.
Speakers:
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Elena Carretero Gomez, corporate affairs and sustainability director, Vina Santa Rita
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
Low carbon innovation can help wine businesses reach and keep loyal, a whole new group of customers. Similarly a technology enabled business that features and promotes sustainable producers at low cost can prove both economically and socially/environmentally viable. In this session two entrepreneurs with disruptive business models discuss the future of wine delivery, in an interactive dialogue, with audience participation.
Speakers:
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Anton Mann, owner, Xisto Wines
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Richard Ellison, founder and buyer, Wanderlust Wine
Moderator:
- Richard Bampfield MW
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
Are social issues in the vineyard an “Elephant in the room” for the wine industry? Well not so much any more given recent news, from modern slavery in Europe to labour challenges in South Africa and across Italy. In this session our panelists discuss how a wine business can consider supply chain social issues, from grape pickers to other vineyard workers, to contract labour and other areas.
Speakers:
- Anna Chilton, wine and sustainable supply chains expert
- Zachary Kiarie, Fairtrade Africa Southern Africa Network
- Sue Daniels, winemaker, Marks & Spencer
Moderator:
- Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
In this breakout session our panelists, three very different vineyard managers, discuss different perspectives on sustainable vineyard management.
Speakers:
- Sally Evans, owner and winemaker, Château George 7
- Will Davenport, owner and winemaker, Davenport Vineyards
- Diana Snowden Seysses, owner and winemaker, Snowden Vineyards, winemaker, Domaine Dujac
Moderator:
- Jasper Morris MW
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020
If certification is really about claims being made, assurance is vital to support them. The wine industry, which has a long history of guarding terms and appellations, now has a confusing array of claims all over the market. It should welcome a Gold Standard with rigorous auditing and certification. Our panelists discuss how certification should evolve to tackle consumer label confusion, what we want to encourage with certification, how it can be used to create the right incentives and business case for producers, and more.
Speakers:
- Kim Forsberg, sustainability manager, Vingruppen i Norden (wine importer)
- Marcus Ihre, sustainability manager, Systembolaget AB (Sweden's alcohol monopoly)
- Sue Daniels, winemaker, Marks & Spencer
- Stefano Stefanucci, director, Equalitas s.r.l.
- Francesco Ricasoli, owner and CEO, Castello di Brolio
Moderator:
- Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Future of Wine Forum, 26-27 November 2020.
A global process of defining sustainability in wine would have multiple benefits. It would help – not threaten – existing programs, and would be a godsend to vineyard managers, winemakers and wine marketers. Our panelists discuss how to define sustainability in wine, the need for a global standard, or series of them, in the industry, how this could happen, pros and cons, and more.
Speakers:
- David Horlock, managing director, global food and retail supply chain, British Standards Institution
- Anne Jones, partner & category manager, drinks, wines, beers and spirits buying, Waitrose & Partners
- Laura Varpasuo, sustainability manager, Alko Inc (Finland’s Alcohol Monopoly)
- Karin Kreider, executive director, ISEAL Alliance
Moderator:
- Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine